Tars. The Men Who Made Britain Rule the Waves

London England: Hodder & Stoughton, 2007. Hardback. First Edition. Tars. The Men Who Made Britain Rule the Waves. The extraordinary story of a close-knit team of sailors (or 'tars' as they were known) at the cutting edge of the eighteenth-century navy. This book is a gripping firsthand account of life in the Royal Navy during four years of crucial innovation and firece was with France and Spain. Through the lives of a small band of sailors from across the ranks the author paints a vivid picture of the navy and the era, from close-quater battles and roistering on the streets of London, to the political decisions that built and destroyed whole empires. In this death-or-glory era the navy became the cherished weapon of an aggrissive nation hungry for wealth. Fighting at sea was carried out at ever-closer quarters and with every-increasing intensity of firepower. Using newly discovered first-person sources, this book takes us right up close to the crashing waves, the coarse rope, 'the ,music of great guns', the blood and splinters of a pitched sea battle - and to these men's daily struggles as Britain for the first time conquered the waves. Illustrated. 376 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.) . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo. Hardback.