Using journals, ship's logs, personal letters and other contmporary documents, David Cordingly has written a “biography” of the Bellerophon. Present at the glorious “First of June”, the Battle of the Nile, Trafalgar and Saint Helena, the ship played a role all the major Napoleonic moments of the period. Includes an index and bibliography.
David Cordingly is also author of Heroines and Harlots: Women at Sea in the Great Age of Sail, MacMillan, 2001.
The Billy Ruffian. The Bellerophon and the downfall of Napoleon. The biography of a ship of the line, 1782-1836
Author(s) : CORDINGLY David
- Year of publication :
- 2003
- Place and publisher :
- Bloomsbury: London
- Number of pages :
- 343