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Tango01  | 05 Aug 2023 8:49 p.m. PST |
… French Navies 1650 – 1815 Of possible interest?
Free to read
link
Armand |
| Dave Jackson | 06 Aug 2023 7:54 a.m. PST |
He turned this into a book, greatly expanded. I have it. |
| Dave Jackson | 06 Aug 2023 7:55 a.m. PST |
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| Blutarski | 06 Aug 2023 1:47 p.m. PST |
I can attest that two of Dull's earlier works - > THE FRENCH NAVY AND AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE – A Study of Arms and Diplomacy 1774-1787 > THE FRENCH NAVY and the Seven Years' War - are both very good books as well. |
| Tango01 | 06 Aug 2023 3:17 p.m. PST |
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| Dave Jackson | 07 Aug 2023 6:28 a.m. PST |
Well sais Blutarski….they are indeed |
| Shagnasty | 07 Aug 2023 5:56 p.m. PST |
I shall have to see if they can be gotten via inter-library
loan. |
| Cursd Captain | 08 Aug 2023 7:27 p.m. PST |
The best historian of the French navy writing in English, in my experience. While his work is closer to administrative and regime history than the tactical history that inspires wargames, I still highly recommend it. |
| Tango01 | 09 Aug 2023 3:20 p.m. PST |
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| Blutarski | 10 Aug 2023 11:57 a.m. PST |
Hi Cursd Captain,
Allow me to add my opinion that Jean Boudriot must be the best French naval historian whose work has been translated into English. He was not only a superb researcher and writer, but also a terrific pen and ink illustrator. A couple of other references I have found useful, FWIW - Admiral Satan – The Life and Campaigns of Suffren by Roderick Cavaliero Louis XV's Navy 1748-1762 – A Study of Organization and Adminstration by James Pritchard The Naval Campaigns of Count De Grasse – During the American Revolution by Karl Gustav Tornquist
Tornquist's book is especially interesting from the tactical point of view, as it is a translation of accounts recorded by a number of Swedish officers who served as volunteers under De Grasse during his campaign in the Caribbean.
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| Cursd Captain | 20 Aug 2023 2:26 p.m. PST |
Ahoy Blutarski -- belatedly spotting this. Agree with you about Boudriot and Pritchard. The others are new to me, but a recommendation from you advances Tornquist to the top of the list. CC |
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