The Friends of Peace is a study of the war-opposition in England during what has usually been presented as the great patriotic struggle against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France. Protest against the wars was led by liberal writers, professionals and businessmen. Dr Cookson arg…
The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars were the first truly global conflicts. The Royal Navy was a key player in the wars and the key enabler of British success - at the cessation of hostilities Britain emerged as the only power capable of sustained global hegemony based o…
"The popularity of sea-stories set during the Napoleonic Wars bears witness to the great romance associated with the sailing navy at the apogee of its success. Of course, these accounts are fiction and accurate descriptions of either the technicalities of contemporary social con…
"By the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, Britain was the undisputed mistress of the seas, owing to the power and strength of the Royal Navy. This book examines the commanders, men and ships of this extraordinary institution during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars,…
