The Pen and Ink Sailor - Charles Middleton and the King's Navy, 1778-1813 (Paperback)


Charles Middleton (1726-1813) ruled the British naval shore establishement for a dozen years of war and peace. As Controller of the Navy, he animated the vital link between policy-makers in Whitehall and commanders at sea. Appointed in 1778 in the midst of the American War of Independence, he stayed on in peacetime to prepare the navy for the even greater emergencies of the French revolutionary and Napoleonic wars.

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Charles Middleton (1726-1813) ruled the British naval shore establishement for a dozen years of war and peace. As Controller of the Navy, he animated the vital link between policy-makers in Whitehall and commanders at sea. Appointed in 1778 in the midst of the American War of Independence, he stayed on in peacetime to prepare the navy for the even greater emergencies of the French revolutionary and Napoleonic wars.

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Product Details

General

Imprint

Routledge

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Series

Cass Series: Naval Policy and History

Release date

October 1998

Availability

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

First published

1998

Authors

Dimensions

234 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback

Pages

200

ISBN-13

978-0-7146-4452-3

Barcode

9780714644523

Categories

LSN

0-7146-4452-8



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