The Admiral Benbow: The Life And Times Of A Naval Legend

Local Description

2010. First edition. A very good copy only marked by a very slight lean of the spine and very light tanning of the edges. The d/w  is unclipped and also very good with light shelf rubbing.

Description

The stirring story of the life and last fight' of a forgotten British naval legend.

Author description

Sam Willis has lectured at Bristol University and at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. He is the author of Fighting at Sea in the Eighteenth Century: The Art of Sailing Warfare and the highly successful Fighting Ships series for Quercus.

Table of contents

List of Illustrations. Maps. Introduction: Benbow's Book. Benbow's Bloodline. Benbow's Barges. Benbow's Barbary Coast. Benbow's Court Martial. Benbow's Corsairs' Heads. Benbow's Revolution. Benbow's Battle Fleets. Benbow's Dockyard. Benbow's Invasion. Benbow's Nail Bomb. Benbow's Bombardments. Benbow's Convoys. Benbow's Benevolence. Benbow's Hospital. Benbow's House. Benbow's Caribbean. Benbow's Last Fight. Epilogue: Benbow's Celebrity. Appendix I: Benbow's Chronology. Appendix II: Benbow's Warships. Appendix III: Benbow's Songs. Appendix IV: Benbow's Fruit Trees. Glossary. Notes. Bibliography. Index.