THE BILLY RUFFIAN: The Bellerophon and the Downfall of Napoleon, the Biography of a Ship of the Line, 1782-1836

Abstract

A satisfying tale of a mighty ship, and of a half-century under the mast in some of Europe's fiercest wars.HMS Bellerophon, writes English maritime historian Cordingly (Women Sailors and Sailors' Women, 2001, etc.), came into existence in 1782 with only ...