The Fighting Temeraire
eBook - ePub

The Fighting Temeraire

  1. 352 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Fighting Temeraire

About this book

The extraordinary story of the mighty Temeraire, the ship behind J. M. W. Turner's iconic painting. The H.M.S. Temeraire, one of Britain's most illustrious fighting ships, is known to millions through J. M. W. Turner's masterpiece, The Fighting Temeraire (1839), which portrays the battle-scarred veteran of Britain's wars with Napoleonic France. In this evocative new volume, Sam Willis tells the extraordinary story of the vessel behind the painting.This tale of two ships spans the heyday of the age of sail: the climaxes of both the Seven Years' War (1756–63) and the Napoleonic Wars (1798–1815). Filled with richly evocative detail, and narrated with the pace and gusto of a master storyteller, The Fighting Temeraire is an enthralling and deeply satisfying work of narrative history.

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Information

Publisher
Pegasus Books
Year
2012
eBook ISBN
9781681770406
Topic
History
Subtopic
British History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. List of Illustrations
  7. Maps
  8. Preface
  9. 1. The Escaping Téméraire
  10. 2. The Captured Téméraire
  11. 3. The Amphibious Temeraire
  12. 4. The New Temeraire
  13. 5. The Blockading Temeraire
  14. 6. The Mutinous Temeraire
  15. 7. The Trafalgar Temeraire
  16. 8. The Baltic and Iberian Temeraire
  17. 9. The Retired Temeraire
  18. 10. The Fighting Temeraire
  19. Postscript
  20. Epilogue: On Iconic Warships
  21. Image Gallery
  22. APPENDIX I: Ship Diagrams
  23. APPENDIX II: The crew of HMS Temeraire at the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805
  24. APPENDIX III: Poems and Songs
  25. Glossary
  26. Notes
  27. Bibliography
  28. Index
  29. Copyright Page