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Charles Douglas Maginley, 1929-2020

Mariner, Naval Officer, Nautical Historian, Author, Teacher

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Tag Archives: The Age of Sail

Book Review: Around Cape Horn Once More: the story of the French clipper ship Montebello

Charles Douglas Maginley, 1929-2020
book cover

In the 1920s and 30s quite a large number of retiring shipmasters who had started their careers in sail were writing their memoirs, while authors like Basil Lubbock, conscious that the days of commercial sail were effectively over, published popular … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, The Age of Sail | Tagged clipper, French Navy, The Age of Sail

Book Review: Warships of the Napoleonic Era: Design, Development and Deployment

Charles Douglas Maginley, 1929-2020

It would seem that a great many books on the age of fighting sail have been published during the last two decades. Lavery, Winfield and others may be thought to have covered the subject, but now we have this large … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Naval History, The Age of Sail | Tagged 17th century, 18th century, Admiralty, Napoleonic wars, National Maritime Museum, Revolutionary War, Robert Gardiner, Royal Navy, The Age of Sail, Trafalgar, Victory, warships

Book Review: British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817

Charles Douglas Maginley, 1929-2020
British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817 book cover

In the last two decades, the British Navy has become quite a growth industry for academics, researchers, military analysts, ship enthusiasts and writers of stirring salt-water fiction. The Royal Navy may nowadays be in the second class as far as … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Naval History, The Age of Sail | Tagged Alexender Kent, Beaugean, Bolitho, British Navy, British warships, C.S. Forester, Jack Aubrey, Napoleonic wars, Patrick O'Brian, Rif Winfield, Royal Navy, The Age of Sail
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