{"product_id":"the-sea-worriors-by-richard-woodman-first-edition","title":"The Sea Worriors by Richard Woodman  **  First Edition  **","description":"The Sea Worriors by Richard Woodman  **  First Edition  **  2001\u003cbr\u003eCondition:  Excellent no signs of wear  (Like New)\u003cbr\u003eCover:  Hardcover with slipcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA spellbinding true story traces the lives of the greatest sea captains of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries including Lord Cochrane, Charles Brisbane, and Nisbet Willoughby, whose daring exploits such as blockading ports, intercepting the enemy's trade, and protecting merchant ships from attacks, had a profound impact on maritime history.\u003cbr\u003eReviews:\u003cbr\u003eFrom the first British involvement in the French Revolution in 1793 to the end of the War of 1812, England's wooden walls fought off French, Danish, Dutch, Spanish, Turkish and American ships to maintain control of the seas and Britain's essential maritime trade. Rather than concentrate on all the big battles of the period, veteran British writer Richard Woodman, with both history and fictional sea tales to his credit, resuscitates now-forgotten ship captains and their quotidian gun duels with enemy ships in The Sea Warriors: The Fighting Captains and Their Ships in the Age of Nelson. Men like Edward Pellew, Thomas Cochrane and Josiah Willoughby contended with defective ships, bad crews, lack of good hygiene and food, and lack of support from their Royal Navy superiors. Press gangs and oftentimes harsh corporal punishment upped the stakes, and mutinies were fairly common. From Woodman's vivid account, it's not hard to see why. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**STAR SELLER **\u003cbr\u003eSmooth shipping\u003cbr\u003eSpeedy replies\u003cbr\u003eSmoke\/Pet free home\u003cbr\u003eFree shipping\u003cbr\u003e65","brand":"Three Pigeons Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47143542227142,"sku":null,"price":50.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0749\/7983\/6102\/files\/il_fullxfull.6972017085_6tpm.jpg?v=1788609695","url":"https:\/\/threepigeonsbookshop.com\/products\/the-sea-worriors-by-richard-woodman-first-edition","provider":"Three Pigeons Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}