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Nelson's Navy in 100 Objects Hardcover – July 15, 2021

by Gareth Glover (Author)
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
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The Royal Navy of Nelson's time was such a huge organization, that it is sometimes hard to comprehend its full scope. Indeed, during the Napoleonic Wars it was by far the largest employer in the entire world.

The Royal Navy was often Britain's last line of defense and many of its most successful officers became superstars, although none eclipsed Admiral Lord Nelson, who became the personification of the navy. The whole country reveled in their successes and 'Jolly Jack Tar' became a source of national pride and a huge number of naval terms were taken into normal life and many are often still used to this very day.

Nelson's Navy in 100 Objects investigates all aspects of this incredible organization and the lives of the men who served within it, including Nelson himself, using historical artifacts and naval terms that are now part of everyday language to illustrate them.
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    248 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Naval Institute Press
  4. Publication date
    July 15, 2021
  5. Dimensions
    7 x 1 x 9.75 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1526731320
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1526731326
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Gareth Glover is an ex Royal Navy officer, who has made a study of the Napoleonic Wars for over forty years. He is now regarded as the foremost expert on the archival records of the British military in the Napoleonic wars.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Naval Institute Press (July 15, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 248 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1526731320
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1526731326
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 1 x 9.75 inches
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    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 19 ratings

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Flash Gordon III
4.0 out of 5 stars That Nelson DID NOT promote the cause of slavery.
Reviewed in Canada on June 22, 2022
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A wonderful bathroom book for the Nelson enthusiast - lots to dip into
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MutatisMutandis
2.0 out of 5 stars Ouvrage intéressant mais mauvaise qualité de trop nombreuses images !
Reviewed in France on February 12, 2024
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Le contenu est intéressant mais l'ensemble est desservi par la médiocre qualité des illustrations. Au bilan, un ouvrage assez décevant.
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D.Buttery
5.0 out of 5 stars A pleasure to read and I learned a great deal!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 26, 2023
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I have read two of Glover’s titles in the 100 Objects series on Wellington and Napoleon but this book on Nelson’s Navy is the best of the three by far. Committed enthusiasts will find this a welcome addition to their bookshelves but it is so readable and well-illustrated that those just beginning to read about the period will also find it useful.

This is the kind of book that can be read cover to cover or be dipped into for reference purposes with its division into 100 sections making this an easy approach. The accompanying text for each object examines the area it is associated with in far more detail than I initially expected when I first read a book in this series. Each object has 1-4 pages of text along with accompanying illustrations.

While this book contains some information about Admiral Lord Nelson, it covers the Georgian Royal Navy in general rather than being a study of its greatest hero. As Glover points out in the introduction, he hopes to provide an explanation of the ‘...complex organisation, the ships, the bureaucracy, the men and their achievements; but more than anything else, to convey the systems and routines, the challenges, the trials and tribulations of everyday life of a sailor in the navy of King George and to give a feel for what it was like to serve in ‘Nelson’s Navy.’

The fact that this title provides a highly pictorial journey makes it a very pleasant read and I believe that even those well-acquainted with the Royal Navy will find new material within these pages. I have read many books on this subject but learned a great deal from this book nonetheless.

This book covers a lot of ground with various RN ships, organisational departments, training, traditions, weaponry, medical services, ship construction, fortifications, ranking systems, discipline, hospitals and dockyards covered. Yet Glover goes into more intricate detail providing information about navigation, medical treatment, food and drink, events, places, POWs and a host of other areas that are supported by references to famous individuals, events and other aspects of maritime history. Ultimately this book delivered far more detail than expected and has impressed me. It has expanded my level of knowledge providing a well thought out overview of what the author reveals to be a vast subject with the RN deploying over 100 ships of the line and 1,000 vessels at sea along with employing around 140,000 sailors, 30,000 marines and thousands of onshore support workers at its peak during the period.

Glover has obviously conducted serious research into his subject matter and even provides occasional brief mentions of naval history before and after this period. For example, the Elizabethan origins of dividing the RN into three squadrons, which were named red, white and blue. Going beyond this time period, details are given about how long the RN retained wooden sailing vessels and its approach to fighting the slave trade that began during the Napoleonic Wars but continued long into Victorian times and beyond.

The illustrations are high quality with reproductions of contemporary paintings, prints, cartoons and charts supported by modern photographs of ships, antiques and museum exhibits. I was particularly pleased to see old photos of wooden vessels taken shortly before they were broken up such as HMS Foudroyant wrecked on Blackpool beach 1897 or HMS Implacable shortly before being towed out to be scuttled 1949. Glover has also amassed photos of foreign stations, fortifications and graveyards in places such as Bermuda, Antigua and Gibraltar.

I was pleased to see a number of essential RN items illustrated such as anchors, uniforms, cannon, a Bosun’s start, a sea service pistol, cat of nine tails, leaguer barrel, press gang cudgel, ship’s wheel, Bosun’s whistle, sextant and a host of other objects. One surprising omission is a hand-held telescope or spyglass, which is closely associated with the Georgian RN, and I confess to a certain bias here as I am particularly interested in them. However, it must have been quite a task for the author to narrow his list down to 100 objects as there is so much ground to cover with this subject. Indeed, the author provides more than one illustration for most sections and must have had difficulty in deciding what to include or discard for a book of this size.

I found Nelson’s Navy in 100 Objects very inspiring and the details provided about HMS Trincomalee a fifth rate frigate (built 1817) have encouraged me to plan a trip to Hartlepool to view this rare survivor of the age of sail for myself. It was a pleasure to read and highly informative. Glover writes in a lucid and approachable style and the high standard of illustration easily justifies its cover price of £25/$49.95. Personally I would happily have paid more for this great book.
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Sandy mg
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 19, 2022
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Interesting
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