mob232 Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Excellent work, enough lecture to get through the next few months =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gortex Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 I know it has been mentioned but will echo the suggestion for the Julian Stockwin series. If you read and enjoyed Hornblower then I would highly recommend Stockwin's works. It covers not only the Royal Naval involvement but also the political, social, psychological and scientifical aspect of the 18th and early 19th century through a fun fictional point of view. http://julianstockwin.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmond Rooke Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Thank-you for the Julian Stockwin recommendation! He is new to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan van Santen Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 (edited) Fiction: The "Charles Hayden" series by Sean Thomas Russell "Under Enemy Colors" and 3 more http://www.amazon.co.uk/Under-Enemy-Colours-Charles-Hayden-ebook/dp/B002RI9L5S/ref=sr_1_4 "The Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower" by C Northcote Parkinson highly recommendable, a biography of Horatio Hornblower from the inventor of "Parkinson's Law http://www.amazon.co.uk/Life-Times-Horatio-Hornblower/dp/0750921099/ref=sr_1_cc_6 The "Richard Delancey" series by C Northcote Parkinson http://www.amazon.co.uk/Guernseyman-Richard-Delancey-Novels/dp/1590130014/ref=sr_1_8 Edited February 4, 2016 by Jan van Santen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karnaught Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Hi I don't know if it fits this topic but I have collected references of a bunch of academic history books from college libraries. Bear in mind that some of them are more into the economic, social side of naval history with not much attention to individual ships or naval battles, others are just context or international politics related with the timeframe of the game. I tried to put only books published since year 2000 to make it easier if someone is interested in reading one of them. (Some books in French and Spanish) Sorry for my basic written English. General topics -Davis, Lance Edwin. Naval Blockades in peace and war: an economic historic since 1750. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 2006 -Guillerm, Alain. Fortifications et marine en Occident: la pierre et le vent. Nouvelle Ed., Paris:1994 -Hardling, Richard. Naval history 1680-1850. Ashgate, England:2006 -Lavery, Brian. The ship of the line. Volume I, the development of the battlefield 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press, London: 1995 Spain related: -Habron, Jhon D. Trafalgar and the Spanish navy: the spanish experience of sea power. Conway Maritime Press, London: 1988 -Guimerá Ravina, Agustin. Guerra naval en la revolución y el imperio: bloqueos y operaciones anfibias,1793-1815. Marcial Pons, Madrid: 2008 -Codina Bonet, Ramón. Don Antonio, almirante de la Armada y corsario del rey. Ministerio de defensa, Madrid:2010 -Mitiuckov,Nicolay W. La escuadra rusa adquirida por Fernando VII en 1817.Damaré, Pontevedra: 2009 -Ruiz Garcia, Vicente. Las naves de las cortes (1808-1812): El ultimo servicio de la marina de la Ilustración.Silex, Madrid:2013 -Ortiz Sotelo, Jorge. La Real Armada en el Pacifico Sur: el Apostadero Naval del Callao: 1746-1824.Iberoamericana, Madrid:2015 -Juan-Garcia Aguado, Jose M. Jose Romero Fernandez de Landa: un ingeniero de marina en el siglo XVIII. Universidade da Coruña, La Coruña: 1998 Brittain related -Parkinson, C Northcote. Britannia rules: The classic age of naval history,1793-1815.Slutton Publishing,London:1997 -Graham, Gerald S. Sea Power and British North America 1783-1820: a study in British Colonial Policy. Greenwood Press, New York: 1968 -Winfield, Rif. British warships in the age of sail,1603-1714: design, construction, careers and fates. Seaforth, London: 2009 -Smylie, Michael. Traditional fishing boats of Britain and Ireland: design, history and evolution.Amberley, Gloucestershire: 2011 La France - Llinares, Sylviane. Marine Propulsion et technique: evolution du système technologique du navire de guerre français. Librarie de l'Inde Editeur, Paris: 1994 -Plouviez, David. La Marine française et ses réseaux économiques au XVIIIe siècle. Les Indes Savantes Paris: 2014 -Dufraisse, Roger. La france napoléonienne: aspects extérieurs, 1799-1815.Seuil, Paris: 1999 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mongoose McMoose Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Add "A Sea of Words" which is the companion book to the Aubrey/Maturin series, so you can understand all the vague references. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Alan Lewrie Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 I have been reading the Alan Lewrie books and have to say they are amazing and what is cool is some of the books take place in the same area as the game so it would be cool to go and see what it looks like and even recreate some of the battles and action Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanmccoy Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 I would highly recommend, Commander: The Life and Exploits of Britain's Greatest Frigate Captain, by Stephen Taylor. Detailing the life of Sir Edward Pellew. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Commander-Exploits-Britains-Greatest-Frigate/dp/0571277128 I can't agree more. It's awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean Ribault Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 I have read the whole Bolitho series and the whole Hornblower series. Both very enjoyable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Loe Posted May 13, 2016 Author Share Posted May 13, 2016 British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates Free Book Preview here: https://books.google.com/books?id=Y5WCAwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=british+warships+in+the+age+of+sail&hl=en&sa=X&ei=yTiqU8W_HoiYyATDvYCoBg#v=onepage&q&f=false 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Low Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 (edited) Wonderful book. https://www.amazon.com/American-Sanctuary-Martyrdom-National-Revolution/dp/0307379906 Edited May 23, 2017 by Ned Low 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surcouf Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 Two logbooks of the 2015 voyage of the 12 pdr frigate l'Hermione. That of the commander (Lieutenant Commander of the French Navy) and that of the lieutenant of navigation (lieutenant of the French merchant navy). In French only. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Jean-Luc Picard Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 My latest batch of books arrived, among them Billy Ruffian, The Bellerophon and the downfall of napoleon by david cordingly https://www.amazon.co.uk/Billy-Ruffian-David-Cordingly-x/dp/0747565449 It focuses on the ship itself and its adventures. His biography of cochrane is considered one of the best ones, so i'd expect him to be factual enough in that book as well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesus Malverde Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 I just finished this book and thought it was great. It is basically the real history of the events that surround the TV show Black Sails, plus a whole lot more. The author is amazingly thorough and got most of his information from official records of the time. I was amazed at the detail of the stories. Despite that, it was really an easy read as well and really enjoyable. If you are interested in the pirates of the Caribbean at the time, you must read this book. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pad Seayew Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 On 3/17/2016 at 2:36 PM, Mongoose McMoose said: Add "A Sea of Words" which is the companion book to the Aubrey/Maturin series, so you can understand all the vague references. And the geographical companion, Harbors and High Seas. Indispensable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malachi Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 (edited) Just read Anatomy of a Naval Disaster: The 1746 French Expedition to North America, great book! Quote Pritchard describes the domestic and international political circumstances in France that gave rise to the expedition, outlining strategy and politics in the context of colonial defence and continental ambition. He reconstructs the events that contributed to the failure of the expedition - human and institutional weakness, weather, spoiled provisions, disease, and the death of the commanding admiral. Anatomy of a Naval Disaster exposes the ambitions and frailties of men, the arbitrariness of success, and the limits of power in the eighteenth century. It´s a very detailed account of the events of the d'Enville expedition with pretty much every data you can possibly want (ships lists and rolls, death rates on specific ships etc), but it´s not 'dry', it captures the human drama of the expedition very well, both for the officers and the sailors; d'Enville - most probably - got killed by his own doctor, his successor tried to commit suicide, the horror of the journey back to France etc. And our La Renommée plays quite a prominent role, too, as she was the workhorse of the expedition Edited September 14, 2017 by Malachi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CptGranch Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 I need a whole life to read it all but thanks! 🕰️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan van Santen Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 On 3/29/2015 at 8:57 PM, Wym said: Julian Stockwin's series Thomas Kydd series[edit] Kydd (2001) Artemis (2002) Seaflower (2003) Mutiny (2004) Quarterdeck (2005) Tenacious (2005) Command (2006) The Admiral's Daughter (2007) Treachery (2008) (US title "The Privateer's Revenge") Invasion (2009) Victory (2010) Conquest (2011) Betrayal (2012) Caribbee (2013) Pasha (2014) Tyger (2015 forthcoming) This series has meanwhile reached 21 books, everyone of them great reads, on par with Hornblower/Aubrey.Maturin series. He manages to find historic episodes around which he arranges his fictions which the other series left out. Particularly interesting is that Thomas Kydd, the hero of the series, starts as pressed seaman and while working his way up in career and society, always finds himself confronted with his background. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus MacDuff Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 On 3/29/2015 at 3:57 PM, Wym said: Dewey Lambdin......Alan Lewrie naval adventure series, spanning the American Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars,an interesting read these.......full of sex and naval adventure[/size] This is the best naval Adventure series in my opinion. He actually goes into very good detail on the mechanics of sailing and, of course, there is the sex and adventure... "1780: Seventeen-year-old Alan Lewrie is a brash, rebellious young libertine. So much so that his callous father believes a bit of navy discipline will turn the boy around. Fresh aboard the tall-masted Ariadne, Midshipman Lewrie heads for the war-torn Americas, finding--rather unexpectedly--that he is a born sailor, equally at home with the randy pleasures of the port and the raging battles on the high seas." Who could resist? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norfolk nChance Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Some great choices here... Will give this amateur clown a plug also... https://forum.game-labs.net/topic/28715-the-haiti-campaignstory/ Norfolk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus MacDuff Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 2 minutes ago, Norfolk nChance said: Some great choices here... Will give this amateur clown a plug also... https://forum.game-labs.net/topic/28715-the-haiti-campaignstory/ Norfolk Actually, one of the Dewey Lambdin books is centred on the Haiti campaign. I learned a lot from it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norfolk nChance Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 @Angus MacDuff Will look for that book, brilliant thanks. I do like Historical fiction set around accurate real-world events. Not Navy but Flashman is always a fun way to learn history… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flashman_Papers NnC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus MacDuff Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Just now, Norfolk nChance said: @Angus MacDuff Will look for that book, brilliant thanks. I do like Historical fiction set around accurate real-world events. Not Navy but Flashman is always a fun way to learn history… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flashman_Papers NnC Been there and love that author. As a Scot, his "MacAuslin in the Rough" had me in stitches. Lambdin is an American writer (ex-US navy) and does give us some insights from there. He takes us to Yorktown (and puts the blame for the loss of the colony squarely on the RN), New Orleans and the US phony war with France, amongst other locations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norfolk nChance Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 @Angus MacDuff Just ordered Sea of Grey, 10th book. Set in and around Saint Domingue and the first book The King’s Coat… Can’t wait, thanks N. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malachi Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 (edited) https://www.amazon.de/Frigate-Commander-Tom-Wareham/dp/1848848595 Quote Frigate Commander is based on the private journal of Lieutenant - and then Captain - Graham Moore, a naval officer serving during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Moore's journal gives a unique and detailed account of what life was like for a serving naval officer. In particular it reveals the problems an officer had in managing the crew of a frigate, maintaining discipline and turning his ship into an efficient man of war. Best naval history book I've read for a long time. By the way, Moore´s the guy who captured the last big spanish treasure convoy, commanding Indefatigable. Edited March 29, 2019 by Malachi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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