0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900

Buy Now

Lame Captains and Left-Handed Admirals - Amputee Officers in Nelson's Navy (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,825
Discovery Miles 28 250
Lame Captains and Left-Handed Admirals - Amputee Officers in Nelson's Navy (Hardcover): Teresa Michals

Lame Captains and Left-Handed Admirals - Amputee Officers in Nelson's Navy (Hardcover)

Teresa Michals

Series: Peculiar Bodies: Stories and Histories

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R2,825 Discovery Miles 28 250 | Repayment Terms: R265 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

Throughout the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, the Royal Navy had a peculiar problem: it had too many talented and ambitious officers, all competing for a limited number of command positions. Given this surplus, we might expect that a major physical impairment would automatically disqualify an officer from consideration. To the contrary, after the loss of a limb, at least twenty-six such officers reached the rank of commander or higher through continued service. Losing a limb in battle often became a mark of honor, one that a hero and his friends could use to increase his chances of winning further employment at sea. Lame Captains and Left-Handed Admirals focuses on the lives and careers of four particularly distinguished officers who returned to sea and continued to fight and win battles after losing an arm or a leg: the famous admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, who fought all of his most historically significant battles after he lost his right arm and the sight in one eye, and his lesser-known fellow amputee admirals, Sir Michael Seymour, Sir Watkin Owen Pell, and Sir James Alexander Gordon. Their stories shed invaluable light on the historical effects of physical impairment and this underexamined aspect of maritime history.

General

Imprint: University of Virginia Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Peculiar Bodies: Stories and Histories
Release date: November 2021
Authors: Teresa Michals
Dimensions: 229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 978-0-8139-4672-6
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Naval forces & warfare
Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Maritime history
Books > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Maritime history
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN: 0-8139-4672-7
Barcode: 9780813946726

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

The Great Trek Uncut - Escape From…
Robin Binckes Paperback R362 Discovery Miles 3 620
Spying And The Crown - The Secret…
Richard J. Aldrich, Rory Cormac Paperback R375 R300 Discovery Miles 3 000
The Politics Of Housing In (Post…
Kirsten Ruther, Martina Barker-Ciganikova, … Hardcover R300 R234 Discovery Miles 2 340
Here En Boere, Boek 5 - Die Kolonie Aan…
Karel Schoeman Hardcover R368 Discovery Miles 3 680
The Chicago Haymarket Affair: A Guide to…
Joseph Anthony Rulli Paperback R577 R475 Discovery Miles 4 750
Handelsryk In Die Ooste - Die Węreld Van…
Karel Schoeman Hardcover R368 Discovery Miles 3 680
Kolonie Aan Die Kaap - Jan Van Riebeeck…
Karel Schoeman Hardcover R368 Discovery Miles 3 680
Shays' Settlement in Vermont - A Story…
Stephen D Butz Paperback R621 R523 Discovery Miles 5 230
The Patriot Parson of Lexington…
Richard P Kollen Paperback R676 R562 Discovery Miles 5 620
Die Bosmans Van Drakenstein - 1705-1842
Karel Schoeman Paperback R287 Discovery Miles 2 870
The Revolutionary War in the Adirondacks…
Marie Danielle Annette Williams Paperback R557 R453 Discovery Miles 4 530
Omstrede Land - Die Historiese…
Louis Changuion, Bertus Steenkamp Hardcover R267 Discovery Miles 2 670

See more

Partners