"Treason's Harbours" is the court cases of the Naval Dockyards' Society's convention on 'Dockyards in artwork, Literature and Film', on hand to readers around the world for the 1st time. The totally illustrated and referenced quantity comprises 5 articles and e-book reviews.
Articles:
J. D. Davies, ‘The puppy within the Night-time: Dockyards within the style of Naval historic Fiction’, which examines the level of the forget and unfavourable portrayal of dockyards inside of naval ancient fiction, and indicates a few attainable purposes for it, on the subject of C. S. Forester's Hornblower, Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey, Dickens, and others
Justin Reay, ‘All A-Sparkle with Gunflashes’: The Bay of Rosas in Naval Literature’, tells the tale of Rosas, utilized by Jervis, Nelson, Collingwood and Pellew as a fleet rendezvous and victualing station, and pointed out by way of Napoleon as very important to his plans throughout the Peninsular conflict, and its position in naval literature because it encouraged Frederick Marryat, C. S. Forester and Patrick O’Brian
Celia Clark, ‘Dockyards in visible artwork, paintings in Dockyards: Celebrated as websites of nationwide satisfaction expressing the ‘beauty of utility’, delight in craft talents and foci of latest inventive job’ examines why dockyards (naval shipyards in US parlance and arsenals in ecu languages) are depicted in visible artwork and why inventive task arises in dockyards
Duncan Hawkins with Caroline Butler and Andrew Skelton, ‘The Iron Slip hide Roofs of the Royal Dockyards 1844–1857’, examines the main major iron constructions developed within the Royal Dockyards 1844–1848, the slip conceal roofs, considers the origins of these outfitted by means of Fox Henderson and via George Baker and Sons, and info the regime of centralised making plans, undertaking administration and development layout rising below Godfrey Greene and his patronage of favoured contractors, specifically Fox Henderson (to 1856) and Grissell’s
Peter G. Goodwin, ‘The program and Scheme of Paintworks in British Men-of-War in the course of the past due Eighteenth and early 19th Centuries’ is an appreciation of old proof and technical research of paint samples to attract conclusions concerning the inner and exterior visual appeal of ships of the British army in the course of the interval 1780 to 1820 via the previous Keeper and Curator of HMS Victory
Book stories: Roger Knight Britain opposed to Napoleon: The service provider of Victory, 1793–1815 by means of Philip MacDougall; Jonathan Coad aid for the Fleet. structure and engineering of the Royal Navy’s Bases 1700–1914 through Ann Coats
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