Portsmouth Point: The British Navy in Fiction, 1793-1815

Portsmouth Point-or "Spice Island," as it was informally called-has always been associated with British naval history. In this classic work, the Point serves as the backdrop for British naval historian and author C. Northcote Parkinson's chronicle of life in His Majesty's Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802) and the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). The captivating stories, while semi-fictitious, use excerpts from the writings of men who personally served in the British Na...