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List of illustrations. Maps. Introduction: Benbow's Book. Benbow's Bloodline. Benbow's Barges. Benbow's Barbary Coast. Benbow's Court Martial. Benbow's Corsairs' Heads. Benbow's Revolution. Benbow's Battle Fleets. Benbow's Dockyard. Benbow's Invasion. Benbow's Nail Bomb. Benbow's Bombardments. Benbow's Convoys. Benbow's Benevolence. Benbow's Hospital. Benbow's House. Benbow's Caribbean. Benbow's Last Fight. Epilogue: Benbow's Celebrity. Appendix I Benbow's Chronology. Appendix II Benbow's Warships. Appendix III Benbow's Songs. Appendix IV Benbow's Fruit Trees. Glossary. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
Sam Willis has lectured at Bristol University and at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. He is the author of Fighting at Sea in the Eighteenth Century: The Art of Sailing Warfare and the highly successful Fighting Ships series for Quercus.
'a vibrant picture of life in the British Navy in the century or so
leading up to the great age of Nelson' Mail on Sunday.
*Mail on Sunday*
'A must-read account of the life of a man who embodies a forgotten
and undervalued period in Britain's maritime history' Dan Snow.
*Dan Snow*
'Willis is a magnificent describer of the realities of fighting
ships at sea' Sunday Times.
*Sunday Times*
'Fascinating ... One of the best naval biographies to appear for
many years' BBC History Magazine.
*BBC History Magazine*
'A fascinating biography ... Willis has done a tremendous job of
reassessing this neglected period in our rich naval history' Mail
on Sunday.
*Mail on Sunday*
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