Gentlemen and Tarpaulins: The Officers and Men of the Restoration Navy

by Andrew Davies

The first scholarly study of the Royal Navy during the reigns of Charles II and James II, this book assesses the traditional picture of the Restoration Navy in the light of recent scholarship, using the evidence not only of Samuel Pepys, the greatest diarist and naval administrator of the age, but also that of his contemporaries. Davies examines the reactions of naval personnel to the demands imposed by Pepys, and analyzes the structure of the service...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198202636
• ISBN13: 9780198202639
• Release Date: November 1991
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"