The Speedwell voyage: a tale of piracy and mutiny in the eighteenth century
by Kenneth Poolman
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 1557506930
- ISBN 13
- 9781557506931
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About This Item
The story of the 22 gun privateer "Speedwell" in 1718. Spanish warships, pirates, mutinies, sea battles, storms and shipwrecks. Good notes, glossary, bibliography and index.
Synopsis
Kenneth Poolman , a World War II veteran of the Royal Navy, served on a light carrier, a minesweeper, and a destroyer. When he returned to civilian life he attended Cambridge University and eventually worked for the BBC as a writer and producer of documentaries for radio and as a script editor for television. A resident of Surrey, England, he has published 24 books, mostly on sea-air warfare in World War II, including The Winning Edge: Naval Technology in Action, 1939-1945, HMS Kelly, Scourge of the Atlantic , and The Sea Hunters .
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- Bookseller
- Bellebooks (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- bbhistt71523
- Title
- The Speedwell voyage
- Author
- Kenneth Poolman
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1557506930
- ISBN 13
- 9781557506931
- Publisher
- Naval institute press
- Place of Publication
- Annapolis
- Date Published
- 1999
- Pages
- 194
- Keywords
- naval
- Bookseller catalogs
- history;
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Bellebooks selling my own 60 yr plus collection.Bought in the days when the internet was a science fiction dream.Trips on the train to the Fantasy Centre in Holloway Road London.
Bought from postal catalogues once a month...happy days.
Now the old eyes are fading and travel is no longer a joyful experience.
So my collection of old and interesting things has to go.
Happy to answer any queries.
Brian the Ancient.
Bought from postal catalogues once a month...happy days.
Now the old eyes are fading and travel is no longer a joyful experience.
So my collection of old and interesting things has to go.
Happy to answer any queries.
Brian the Ancient.