Naval Chronicle Vol V: the Contemporary Record of the Royal Navy at War
Consolidated and coherent edition of the 40-volume original Enjoyable and easy to read Affordable five-volume set Volume V, 1811 - 1815, concludes the war against Napoleon and deals extensively with the conflict against the United StatesAs well as the famous frigate actions, the Canadian campaign of 1814, and the raids on Washington and Baltimore are dramatically described. Volume V concludes with an index to the whole five-volume set. 'The naval world of the 18th century was never more alive than this.'