Voices of the Powerless: Below Decks and Boney: The Royal Naval Dockyards, Chatham, Nelson and the Napoleonic Wars
Book Details
Author(s)
Melvyn Bragg
Publisher
AudioGO Ltd.
ISBN / ASIN
B0055B5JRS
ISBN-13
978B0055B5JR7
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Sales Rank
#63,311
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United States 🇺🇸
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Description
In this episode taken from the BBC Radio 4 series, Melvyn Bragg travels to the historic dockyard of Chatham to explore the life of a seaman in Nelson's navy. Our popular image of the 18th century sailor below decks is one of a downtrodden, press-ganged man who was a victim of regular beatings. While Bragg finds some evidence to support this view, he also discovers that for many working-class men a career on board ship was an opportunity for a better life.
