Description: Gentlemen and Tarpaulins Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). The Officers and Men of the Restoration Navy Author(s): J. D. Davies Format: Hardback Publisher: Oxford University Press, United Kingdom Imprint: Clarendon Press ISBN-13: 9780198202639, 978-0198202639 Synopsis This is the first scholarly study of the Royal Navy during the reigns of Charles II and James II. Historians have long viewed the Restoration Navy through the eyes of Samuel Pepys, the greatest diarist and naval administrator of the age. Perceptive and intelligent as Pepys was, he presented only a one-sided view of the Navy, that of a bureaucrat attempting to reorganize it. J. D. Davies assesses this traditional picture of the Restoration Navy in the light of recent scholarship, using the evidence not only of Pepys but of his contemporaries. He examines the reactions of naval personnel to the demands imposed by Pepys, and analyses the structure of the service. He also explores the lives and attitudes of the men (the `tarpaulins') and their officers - the quests for promotion, enrichment, and glory; the very different problems posed by peace and war; the nature of life at sea; and the role of the Navy in national life. Gentlemen and Tarpaulins provides a fascinating glimpse into the history of the Royal Navy.
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Book Title: Gentlemen and Tarpaulins
Number of Pages: 282 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Gentlemen and Tarpaulins: the Officers and Men of the Restoration Navy
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Year: 1991
Subject: Government, History
Item Height: 225 mm
Item Weight: 496 g
Type: Textbook
Author: J. D. Davies
Series: Oxford Historical Monographs
Item Width: 146 mm
Format: Hardcover
