Sam Willis

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Fighting Temeraire

Legend of Trafalgar (Hearts of Oak Trilogy Vol.1)

Beschreibung

J.M.W. Turner's The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to her Last Berth to be Broken Up (1838) was his masterpiece. Sam Willis tells the real-life story behind this remarkable painting.

Autor

Willis, Sam§§Dr Sam Willis is one of the world's leading authorities on the sailing navy and was awarded a PhD in Naval History for his thesis on Command and Tactics in the 18th-century Navy. He is an Honorary Fellow at the University of Exeter's Centre for Maritime Historical Studies and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Sam was presenter of the BBC series Shipwrecks and has consulted on maritime painting for Christie's and the BBC, spending 18 months as a Square Rig Able Seaman, sailing the tall ships used in the Hornblower television series and Channel 4's award-winning film Shackleton. He is the author of several critically acclaimed books including the bestselling 'Hearts of Oak' Trilogy. www.sam-willis.com.

N. A. M. Rodger is Professor of Naval History at the University of Exeter. He is the author of numerous books including The Wooden World, The Admiralty, The Safeguard of the Sea and Command of the Ocean.§

Produktdetails

• Hearts of Oak Trilogy Vol.1
• Verlag: Quercus
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 214mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9781849162616
• ISBN-10: 1849162611
• Artikelnr.: 29951869

Rezensionen

'Cleverly uses the microcosm of the life story of one ship to reflect the wider narrative of the decades-long struggle between Britain and France for mastery of the seas' Sunday Times. Sunday Times