Download or read book Billy Ruffian written by David Cordingly and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-07-11 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the Bellerophon, a ship of the line known to her crew as the Billy Ruffian. Under fourteen captains, she played a conspicuous part in three of the most famous of all sea battles: the battle of the Glorious First of June (1794), the opening action against Revolutionary France; the battle of the Nile (1798), which halted Napoleon's eastern expansion from Cairo; and the battle of Trafalgar (1805), which established British naval supremacy for 100 years and during which her captain was shot dead with a musket ball an hour before Nelson was mortally wounded. But her crowning glory came six weeks after the Battle of Waterloo, when the Napoleon, trapped in La Rochelle, surrendered to the captain of the ship that had dogged his steps for more than twenty years.
Download or read book HMS Bellerophon written by Colin Pengelly and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-04-30 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of HMS Bellerophon is a record of the many and varied duties which the Royal Navy had to carry out in the period 1793 1815. It was involved in the first great fleet action of the War and was involved in the last moments of the struggle with the surrender of Napoleon.The 74-gun ship was the standard unit in the line of battle, Bellerophon was one of the most distinguished with a fine fighting record. Having fought at 'The Glorious First of June'; the battle of the Nile and at Trafalgar the ship saw more than her share of fierce ship-to-ship encounters. In between there were the varying duties of blockade and escort carried out with service in the Channel, the Mediterranean, the North Sea, the Baltic and the West Indies. The ship saw every type of service which fell to the Navy in that period.All the many and various aspects of the ship's life are covered from construction through maintenance and refits to final disposal. Sadly the ship could not be been saved like Victory and the ship and her fine record were confined to the history books.
Download or read book The Thousand Dollar Yacht written by Anthony Bailey and published by Seafarer Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The theme of the would-be yachtsman finding a builder to construct a small boat which met his requirements, but at a very reasonable cost, is a traditional one in sailing literature and the basis of this story, first published in the USA nearly 30 years ago.
Download or read book The Billy Ruffian written by David Cordingly and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-10-04 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A portrait of a British warship that played a key role during the wartime years of the Napoleonic era describes the ship's service in three crucial sea battles--the Glorious First of June (1794), the first action against revolutionary France; the 1798 battle of the Nile; and the battle of Trafalgar (1805)--as well as its role in Napoleon's ultimate surrender. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
Download or read book Billy Ruffian s Courier written by Walter Gunn and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-29 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Royal naval marksman and fast launch driver, Sims Reeves, was looking forward to another debauched trip to the far-east - Admiral Billy Ruffian has other plans for him.His service record states... wounded in action... shows bravery in extreme circumstances. Just the qualifications Billy Ruffian needs in a secret courier.As well as everything Sims now has to deal with, his love-life is in tatters too - he has every right to feel more than a touch miffed.It would pay foreign agents to remember this - miffed men who carry 9mm Hi-Power Brownings should not be messed with.
Download or read book Ruffian written by William Nack and published by ESPN. This book was released on 2007-05-08 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documents the rise and tragic fall of 1970s filly racer Ruffian, whose match against Kentucky Derby winner Foolish Pleasure resulted in a life-ending foreleg break, in an account that also traces the author's love for the sport.
Download or read book Treasure Island written by Robert Louis Stevenson and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nobody s Darling written by Teresa Medeiros and published by Amber House Books. This book was released on 2013-05-28 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He always gets his lady… Billy Darling doesn’t enjoy being a wanted man until the day a duke’s prim and proper granddaughter comes marching into the Tumbleweed Saloon and points her derringer at his heart. Lucky for him, she's a mighty poor shot. She always gets her man… Instead of killing him, Esmerelda Fine hires him to find her runaway brother. Billy knows he should turn down her offer. He should resist her charms. But he doesn't. Because there comes a time in every man's life when he's got nothing left to lose...but his heart. Book 4 of the ROGUES AND GENTLEMEN series, which includes Yours Until Dawn, Thief of Hearts, Once an Angel and Nobody’s Darling “Nobody’s Darling has a little something for everyone. No wonder all of Medeiros’s romances have been national bestsellers.”—Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel “A lively passionate adventure generously peppered with Medeiros’s trademark humor and sense of fun.”—Library Journal “Another fine read from one of romance’s greats!”—Painted Rock “One of the Top Ten Best Romances of the Year.”—Amazon.com ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION Victorian romance, Western romance, Humorous romance, Cowboy romance
Download or read book The Whipping Boy written by Sid Fleischman and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2003-04-15 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Prince and a Pauper Jemmy, once a poor boy living on the streets, now lives in a castle. As the whipping boy, he bears the punishment when Prince Brat misbehaves, for it is forbidden to spank, thrash, or whack the heir to the throne. The two boys have nothing in common and even less reason to like one another. But when they find themselves taken hostage after running away, they are left with no choice but to trust each other.
Download or read book Women Sailors and Sailors Women written by David Cordingly and published by Random House. This book was released on 2001-04-15 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries the sea has been regarded as a male domain. Fisherman, navy officers, pirates, and explorers roamed the high seas while their wives and daughters stayed on shore. Oceangoing adventurers and the crews of their ships were part of an all-male world — or were they? In this illuminating historical narrative, maritime scholar David Cordingly shows that in fact an astonishing number of women went to sea in the great age of sail. Some traveled as the wives or mistresses of captains. A few were smuggled aboard by officers or seaman. A number of cases have come to light of young women dressing in men’s clothes and working alongside the sailors for months, and sometimes years. In the U.S. and Britsh navies, it was not uncommon for the wives of bosuns, carpenters, and cooks to go to sea on warships. Cordingly’s tremendous research shows that there was indeed a thriving female population — from female pirates to the sirens of legend — on and around the high seas. A landmark work of women’s history disguised as a spectacularly entertaining yarn, Women’s Sailors and Sailor’s Women will surprise and delight readers.
Download or read book The Gangs of New York written by Herbert Asbury and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Billy Ruffian written by David Cordingly and published by Bloomsbury Paperbacks. This book was released on 2004 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the Bellerophon, a ship of the line known to her crew as the Billy Ruffian. And like any good biography, it runs from birth (in a small shipyard on the river Medway near Rochester in 1782), to death (in a breaker's yard a mile or so upstream at the age of fifty-four). In the intervening years, under fourteen captains, she played a conspicuous part in three of the most famous of all sea battles- the battle of the Glorious First of June (1794), the opening action against Revolutionary France; the battle of the Nile (1798), which halted Napoleon's eastern expansion from Cairo; and the battle of Trafalgar (1805), which established British naval supremacy for 100 years and during which her captain was shot dead with a musket ball an hour before Nelson was mortally wounded. But her crowning glory came six weeks after the Battle of Waterloo, when Napoleon, trapped in La Rochelle, surrendered to the captain of the ship that had dogged his steps for more than twenty years.
Download or read book History of the Colony of New Haven written by Edward Rodolphus Lambert and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Admiral Lord Keith and the Naval War Against Napoleon written by Kevin D. McCranie and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "McCranie's book is the first modern biography of Keith, who learned the art of commanding single ships and small squadrons during the American Revolution. Keith eventually commanded four major fleets - the Eastern Seas, the Mediterranean, the North Sea, and the Channel. Though he had never led a fleet into battle, Keith supported joint operations with the British army and its allies while simultaneously maintaining command of the sea and ensuring the free passage of commerce.".
Download or read book Nicholas Pocock 1740 1821 written by David Cordingly and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pocock was one of the great figures of English marine painting in the eighteenth century. His work is of outstanding interest to maritime historians because, in addition to his skill as a painter, he had spent many years as a sea captain. He used his early experience to great effect and earned the confidence of distinguished naval patrons. Pocock is unusual in that so much supporting material survives. Working drawings, sketchbooks and letters abound, allowing the author to draw an exceptionally rounded picture of a man who meticulously recorded British maritime history for nearly forty years. -- Jacket
Download or read book Master and Commander written by Patrick O'Brian and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2007 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set sail for the read of your life! Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. Now these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback by Harper Perennial with stunning new jackets.
Download or read book By the Great Horn Spoon written by Sid Fleischman and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1988-04-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack and the butler stow away on a side-wheeler bound for California where they join the Gold Rush of 1849.
