John H. Hubback, Edith C. Hubback

Jane Austen's Sailor Brothers

Being the Adventures of Sir Francis Austen, G.C.B., Admiral of the Fleet and Rear-Admiral Charles Austen

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A 1906 biography of Francis and Charles Austen by the former's descendants, offering much inside knowledge on the Austen family.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 358
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 505g
• ISBN-13: 9781108047227
• ISBN-10: 110804722X
• Artikelnr.: 36053476

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Brothers and sisters
2. Two midshipmen
3. Changes and chances in the navy
4. Promotions
5. The Peterel sloop
6. The patrol of the Mediterranean
7. At home and abroad
8. Blockading Boulogne
9. The pursuit of Villeneuve
10. 'A melancholy situation'
11. St Domingo
12. The Cape and St Helena
13. Stars and stripes
14. Chinese mandarins
15. A letter from Jane
16. Another letter from Jane
17. The end of the war
18. Two admirals
Index.