Physical description; xviii, 425 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. Subjects; Sandwich, John Montagu Earl of 1718-1792. Montagu, John Earl of Sandwich 1718-1792.

The insatiable earl: A life of John Montagu, Fourth Earl of Sandwich, 1718-1792

Rodger, N.A.M.

Harpercollins

From the award-winning naval scholar N. A. M. Rodger comes the most revealing account yet of the mighty Georgian navy and British naval society of the eighteenth century. Meticulously researched, Rodger's portrait draws the reader into this fascinatingly complex world with vivid, entertaining characters and full details of life below the decks. The Wooden World provides the most complete history of a navy at any age, and is sure to be an indispensable volume for all fans of Patrick O'Brian, English history, and naval history.

The Wooden World An Anatomy of the Georgian Navy

History

Military

Collins

The Safeguard of the Seas (v. 1)

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd

This edition contains documents from the seventeenth century to the Second World War. There is additional material to complement NRS Volume 116 from the Commission of Enquiry in 1608, an account of the Earl of Warwick’s voyage to the Mediterranean in 1627 and documents relating to the management of the Royal Dockyards between 1672 and 1678. There is an account of Benbow’s last battle and ensuing court martial in 1702, orders and correspondence relating to landings on the French coast in 1758, papers relating to operations in the Leeward Islands during the Seven Years War, letters from a naval captain from Portugal and the Mediterranean during the Napoleonic Wars, operation orders and reports relating to Copenhagen in 1807, letters from a midshipman in the Far East between 1818 and 1822, the capture of Bomarsund in 1854, a Committee of Inquiry relating to the Admiralty office in 1855, officers’ correspondence on the Dardanelles Campaign and, finally, the memoirs of a paymaster in the Royal Australian Navy, in both WWI and WW2.

The Naval Miscellany: Vol. V

Routledge

Naval records for genealogists (Public Record Office handbooks)

HMSO

Throughout Britain's history, one factor above all others has determined the fate of the nation: its navy. N. A. M. Rodger's definitive account reveals how the political and social progress of Britain has been inextricably intertwined with the strength - and weakness - of its sea power, from the desperate early campaigns against the Vikings to the defeat of the great Spanish Armada. Covering policy, strategy, ships, recruitment and weapons, this is a superb tapestry of nearly 1,000 years of maritime history. No other historian has examined the subject in anything like the detail found here. The result is an outstanding example of narrative history' Barry Unsworth, Sunday Telegraph

The Safeguard of the Sea (Naval History of the Sea V. 1, 660-1)

Penguin Books, Limited (UK)

Here is a book that is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of England's navy and of the eighteenth century in general. Its thorough scholarship does not in the least impede, but rather facilitates, its readability. It is masterly without being didactic. No historical figure of eighteenth-century England has been more grossly misrepresented than the inventor of our favorite fast food. The stereotype is well known: an unscrupulous man of pleasure whose mistress, a courtesan, was murdered on the steps of the Admiralty, inside which her lover was carelessly mismanaging the War of American Independence. It is refreshing to read a biography that explodes this long-accepted view. Martha Ray was not a courtesan but rather the Joan Sutherland of her day, whose rendering of "I know that my Redeemer liveth" was admired by the most discriminating critics. It was, appropriately, outside Covent Garden after attending a performance (not outside the Admiralty) that she was murdered by an unhinged admirer; she had lived for many years with and had borne children to John, fourth Earl of Sandwich. As to his mismanagement of naval affairs, Nicholas Rodger, the outstanding historian of the eighteenth-century navy, demonstrates in this brilliant and extremely readable book that as First Lord of the Admiralty he was in a class by himself. This was by no means his only distinction. As a diplomat he displayed extraordinary powers and won from foreign statesmen the admiration and trust that his own countrymen then and subsequently have largely denied him. As a parliamentary manager of the constituencies that he was in a position to influence, he shared an energy, skill and wonderful tact in handling all sorts and conditions of men - qualities that were acknowledged and praised by his most unrelenting denigrators. As a young man he had been an adventurous traveler with a title to a place in the history of Greek epigraphy. His lifelong passion for music, especially in championing and reviving the then-unfashionable oratorios of Handel, has given him, in the present biographer's opinion, his nearest connection to the life of our own time. For it is the special pleasure of this absorbing book that though it is written by one of England's foremost naval historians, it is not in the least restricted to the dockyards and the quarterdecks of the Georgian navy. The political analysis is subtle, original, and well argued. The intellectual and artistic background is part of a strikingly new view of the tall, lounging figure that surveys us from Gainsborough's great portrait now in the Maritime Museum. Above all, the human quality of a man whose domestic life was blighted by the madness of a dearly loved wife is brought before us.

The Insatiable Earl: A Life of John Montagu, Fourth Earl of Sandwich 1718-1792

Biographies & Memoirs

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

Provides a history of the British Navy, from early campaigns against the Vikings to the defeat of the Spanish Armada

The Safeguard of the Sea: A Naval History of Britain, 660-1649

An Economist Best Book of 2004: "Destined to remain the reference on the subject for the coming generations."―U.S. Naval InstituteThe Command of the Ocean describes with unprecedented authority and scholarship the rise of Britain to naval greatness, and the central place of the Navy and naval activity in the life of the nation and government. Based on the author's own research in a dozen languages over more than a decade, it describes not just battles, voyages, and cruises but also how the Navy was manned, supplied, fed, and, above all, how it was financed and directed. N. A. M. Rodger provides convincing reassessments of such famous figures as Pepys, Hawke, Howe, and St. Vincent. The very particular and distinct qualities of Nelson and Collingwood are illuminatingly contrasted, and the world of officers and men who make up the originals of Jack Aubrey and Horatio Hornblower is brilliantly brought to life. Rodger's comparative view of other navies―French, Dutch, Spanish, and American―allows him to make a fresh assessment of the qualities of the British. 24 pages of illustrations

The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649­-1815

Europe

W.W.Norton&Company

The Price of Victory: A Naval History of Britain: 1815–1945

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The insatiable earl: A life of John Montagu, Fourth Earl of Sandwich, 1718-1792

The Wooden World An Anatomy of the Georgian Navy

The Safeguard of the Seas (v. 1)

The Naval Miscellany: Vol. V

Naval records for genealogists (Public Record Office handbooks)

The Safeguard of the Sea (Naval History of the Sea V. 1, 660-1)

The Insatiable Earl: A Life of John Montagu, Fourth Earl of Sandwich 1718-1792

The Safeguard of the Sea: A Naval History of Britain, 660-1649

The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649-1815

The Price of Victory: A Naval History of Britain: 1815–1945

Books by Rodger, N.A.M.

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The insatiable earl: A life of John Montagu, Fourth Earl of Sandwich, 1718-1792

The Wooden World An Anatomy of the Georgian Navy

The Safeguard of the Seas (v. 1)

The Naval Miscellany: Vol. V

Naval records for genealogists (Public Record Office handbooks)

The Safeguard of the Sea (Naval History of the Sea V. 1, 660-1)

The Insatiable Earl: A Life of John Montagu, Fourth Earl of Sandwich 1718-1792

The Safeguard of the Sea: A Naval History of Britain, 660-1649

The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649­-1815

The Price of Victory: A Naval History of Britain: 1815–1945

The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649-1815