Recollections of James Anthony Gardner: 1775-1814

by John Knox Laughton and Sir R Vesey Hamilton

The editors began their introduction to this volume by remarking that it contains 'very little history, as commonly understood' -by which they meant the history of naval operations. Gardner's Service career was undistinguished for reasons which can easily be inferred from his stories, but he was clearly a convivial shipmate, and as a raconteur of life afloat he can hardly have been equalled. This is easily the funniest volume the Society has ever...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1911248499
• ISBN13: 9781911248491
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 314 Pages