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Nelson's Navy: The Ships, Men and Organisation 1793-1815 by B Lavery (Conway Maritime Press, 1989)
Nelson and the Nile: The Naval War against Bonaparte 1798 by B Lavery (Chatham, 1998)
A Voice from the Main Deck: Being a record of the thirty years adventures of Samuel Leech by S Leech (Chatham, 1999; originally published in 1857)
British Victory in Egypt, 1801: The End of Napoleon's Conquest by P Mackesy (Routledge, 1995)
Nautical Economy or Forecastle Recollections of Events during the Last War by J Nastyface (Chatham, 1836)
The Life and Adventures of John Nicol, Mariner edited by Gordon Grant (Edinburgh, 1822; reprinted London, 1937)
The Wooden World: An Anatomy of the Georgian Navy by NAM Rodger (Fontana, 1988)
Female Tars: Women Aboard Ship in the Age of Sail by SJ Stark (Constable, 1996)
About the author
Nick Slope is an independent archaeologist and military historian. He has been involved in excavations in the UK, Israel/Palestine and Egypt from 1979 - including the on-going excavations of Royal Navy burial sites on Nelson's Island, Aboukir Bay. He is currently working on a PhD on the application of database technology in the social history of the Royal Navy, 1795-1811.
Published: 2004-02-15
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