Young Nelsons
Subtitle: boy sailors during the Napoleonic Wars, 1793-1815
Publisher: Osprey
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford, United Kingdom
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781846033605
Description: There was a long-standing British tradition of children going to sea, of boys who volunteered to fight for Britain, and along the way found glory, fame, and wealth. During the Napoleonic Wars, some children as young as eight were also fighting for the very survival of Britain.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Alexander Kent; title: Prologue; title: Younkers in the top continually; title: Scape gallowses; title: A royal sailor; title: A sink of vice and abomination; title: Young squeaker; title: Rites of passage; title: The little world; title: Into the glorious fray; title: Mutiny, punishment and promotion; title: The battle of the Nile; title: The Nelson family at war; title: Land ahoy; title: Trafalgar; title: Spoils of war; title: The War of 1812; title: Napoleon on the Bellerophon; title: Ah! The peace has come too soon; title: Epilogue