Jean Boudriot is the world's leading authority on French warships of the sailing era and this work has been written to the highest standards of historical accur

“A wonderful book detailing the construction of the Royal Navy’s sailing warships” from the maritime historian and author of Nelson’s Navy (Pirates and

Based on the latest research in original sources, this is an in-depth text covering the complete history of the 50-gun ship. Numerous tables of technical data c