Centre for Maritime Historical Studies
Rasor Bibliography
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Full entry text:
Chaves, Kelly Kathleen. "From Hell Afloat to Happy Ships: Naval Fiction's Influence upon the History of the Royal Navy during the Georgian Era." Nor Mar, 18 (April 2008): 1-21. Thanks to R. Knight, N. Rodger & J. Hattendorf; influence of Smollett, Forester, O'Brian, the latter often cited as "fact."
Categories:
18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); Admiralty; age of sail; nautical fiction; naval lore; Royal Navy;
Keywords:
18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, nautical fiction, sea fiction , Royal Navy, Britain, England, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary