Readers who love a great sea story from the age of fighting sail will enjoy this lively narrative by outspoken British officer William Stanhope Lovell. During the course of his career Vice Adm.

Readers who love a great sea story from the age of fighting sail will enjoy this lively narrative by British officer William Stanhope Lovell. During his career Lovell participated in the Blockade of Brest, the Battle of Trafalgar, the Peninsular Wars with Wellington, and the invasion of the Chesapeake during the War of 1812. This account combines vivid descriptions of the famous engagements with no-holds-barred opinions about everything from the American stratagem of booby-trapping invaders his belief that the British and Americans could have settled their quarrel without conflict.