18055 Radcliffe This fascinating study takes us

This fascinating study takes us through the state of health and health care in Austen's time

this is a scholarly work sure to delight the professionals among us as well as the interested amateurs

She did research to find out how often it really happened

Kent State University Press

with an introduction by Kate O'Brien

18055 Radcliffe This fascinating study takes usThe presence of women on board ships of the Royal Navy during the age of sail has been disregarded by historians and even hidden by the Royal Navy. Stark is the first historian to seriously address the topic. Primary sources for sailing life and social context give accuracy to her work. She shares first person accounts of wives of warrant officers and seamen who spent years at sea, protitutes who lived on ships in port, and women in male disguise who