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| Fighting Ships 1750-1850 | 
 enlarge | Author: Sam Willis
Creator: N.a.m. Rodger
Publisher: Quercus Publishing Plc
Category: Book
List Price: £25.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 5254
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 8
Dimensions (in): 17.2 x 14.1 x 1.4
ISBN: 1847241719
EAN: 9781847241719
ASIN: 1847241719
Publication Date: October 25, 2007
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magnificent September 19, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a book of pictures of naval ships from 1750 to 1850.
The format is alternating pages of text and pictures. The text supporting the following picture. The text is informative and splendidly readable but forget about that, thats not really important.
This book weighs a freaking shedload. Its massive. Its awesomely gigantically massive. About 16" tall and its cover is made out of depleted uranium or something. It nearly breaks my coffee table.
The Pictures are mostly contempory to the period and sketches or paintings.Each one is pourable over for hours, turn the page and theres another one. Only better.
If you love fighting sale, then grab this book for a bargin price. There simply is no reason for you not to own it. Each minuite you lack it,will dull your life.
beautifully done work! September 13, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is a massive and elegant work that is part art history, part naval history. Before you buy it--look at the dimensions (I had not done that). 90% of the 225 pages consists of art (the rest is narrative). You expect to see old paintings of naval battles, and you certainly get lots of those, all in full color. You also get lots of portraits of admirals, captains, etc, paintings and drawings of life below decks, contemporary maps of battles and harbors, architectural drawings of ship plans, paintings of navy yards and ships under construction.
The book illustrates a wide variety of naval activities--from the loss of the Royal George to shipwrecks to recovery efforts. The title is a bit of a misnomer--not everything here involves fighting ships. There is, for example, a painting of the Terror (a former bomb vessel) trapped in the ice of Hudson's bay in 1837. A delightful book indeed!
A real deep-sea treasure of a book November 3, 2007
28 out of 30 found this review helpful
Immensely readable,lively,interesting and beautifully produced. A magnificent book to keep for the sheer pleasure of turning the pages to see one superb illustration after another, with text that is equally accessible for the novice and the expert. Historically well researched and full of intriguing details, this is a book that will appeal to anyone interested in ships or warfare at sea. Fantastically good value.
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