The opening of the film Master and Commander will bring the realities of life in the Navy at the time of the Napoleonic wars to a whole new audience. Based on the first of the best-selling Aubrey/Maturin novels by Patrick O'Brian, and starring Oscar-winner Russell Crowe, it is set to be a blockbuster. Published in conjunction with the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, one of the world's finest Naval museums, Men o'War contains a wealth of illustrations and first-hand accounts. Discover the hardships, the discipline and the dangers of life on board the Royal Navy's warships in the early nineteenth century. Including information on the French and Spanish navies, and an outline of Nelson's career and battles, Men o'War is a complete account of the real world behind the fiction.
- ISBN10 1844429652
- ISBN13 9781844429653
- Publish Date 1 September 2003
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 February 2007
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Welbeck Publishing Group
- Imprint Carlton Books Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 128
- Language English