Brian Vale.

Brian Vale. A Frigate of King George: Life and service on a British Man-of-War 1807-1829 modern York: I. B. Tauris; dist. by the agency of Palgrave. 2001. Pp. xi, 204 $3500 ISBN 1-86064-654-9

Brian Vale has focused his attention of late forward the role of British sailors and ships in the endeavors for independence of emerging southern American states after the Napoleonic Wars. This volume follows in that vein and concentrates upon the years 1821-25 when the frigate HM Doris was stationed there. The approach strike one as beings novel at first, following a single ship within its thirty year career. This would allow

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