This introduction to the years of the Napoleonic wars (1793 to 1815) tells the story of one of the keys to that great conflict, the Ship of the Line - the deadl

A fascinating account of the building of an historic ship, as well as a vivid and often surprising account of life and labour in the eighteenth century. In an a

A stunning collections of 150 large-scale paintings, drawings, photographs and ship plans that tell the story of naval warfare from the first iron and steam war