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BRIAN SOUTHAM Jane Austen and the Navy
London, National Maritime Museum. 2005, 2nd Edition. (ISBN: 0948065656) Paperback, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Two of Jane Austen's brothers served in Nelson's Navy and later became admirals. Francis Austen, on board the 'Canopus', narrowly missed the Battle of Trafalgar; Charles Austen in 'Endymion' captured numerous small prizes. It is not surprising that the Austen family, including Jane, took a deep personal interest in naval affairs. Apart from the church, the Navy was the profession which she knew and admired most. Her novels reflect this. 'Mansfield Park' includes a vivid portrait of life in Portsmouth, the estimable midshipman William Price and the less attractive Admiral Crawford; 'Persuasion' presents her most extended account of naval officers and attitudes, from the redoubtable Admiral Croft to Captain Wentworth himself. 'Jane Austen and the Navy', based upon family papers and naval records, shows the novelist as a historian of Nelson's Navy- not the Navy of great victories at sea, but the Navy at home, and of sailors amongst their family and friends- but it is set against the background of war, with Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, fought across the globe between 1793 and 1815. Now published in paperback for the first time, this fully revised and updated edition features full colour photographs and many new additions to the original text. New.
Offered for GBP 12.00 = appr. US$ 23.88 by: Allen Williams Books - Book number: 149746
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