16732 About Austen Fans Cites Richardson

Cites Richardson

Contains feminist views and revolutionary ideas for the times

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Everyman's Library

Edited by Susan Fraiman

16732 About Austen Fans Cites RichardsonWhen Napoleon eventually died in exile, the Lords of the Admiralty ordered the original dispatches from seven major fleet battles be gathered and presented to the nation. Letters written home during the war by admirals, captains, surgeons, boatswains, were bound in an immense volume. Naval historian Willis stumbled across this mostly forgotten collection in the British Library in 2010. Here he publishes selections of the material against a backdrop of