Citizen Sailors by Glyn Prysor
Seen through the eyes of sailors themselves, this title gives an account of life in the wartime Royal Navy: humanity and horror, triumphs and tragedies, nerve-wracking convoys and epic gun battles, devastating aerial bombardment and swashbuckling amphibious landings.
A moving and evocative story of the war at sea -- NA. M. Rodger, author of The Command of the Ocean
This impressive human history of the Royal Navy begins the long overdue process of putting it back at the heart of the war effort * Independent, Book of the Week *
Prysor does for the sailors of the Royal Navy what Patrick Bishop did for the RAF in Fighter Boys... He reminds us of their extraordinary contribution to our survival * Daily Express *
An absorbing read * Literary Review *
Full of terrific stories * Sunday Times *
This excellent book... captures the soul of the men who were there * Navy News *
Skilfully weaves together a coherent "people's history of the sailor's war"... Fresh and compelling * TLS *
Breathtaking skill... freshness and force... Prysor makes the Navy of the Second World War intensely personal, vivid, and vital * Military Times *
Reads extremely well, with a gripping narrative that explains the unfolding of the war whilst weaving in moving and vivid personal accounts... This is a book that manages to fuse the strategic with the human and the social with consummate skill, and in so doing it delivers a multi-faceted understanding of the war at sea as well as a poignant reminder of the way in which society has lost its "sea vision" * Nautilus International Telegraph *
This impressive human history of the Royal Navy begins the long overdue process of putting it back at the heart of the war effort * Independent, Book of the Week *
Prysor does for the sailors of the Royal Navy what Patrick Bishop did for the RAF in Fighter Boys... He reminds us of their extraordinary contribution to our survival * Daily Express *
An absorbing read * Literary Review *
Full of terrific stories * Sunday Times *
This excellent book... captures the soul of the men who were there * Navy News *
Skilfully weaves together a coherent "people's history of the sailor's war"... Fresh and compelling * TLS *
Breathtaking skill... freshness and force... Prysor makes the Navy of the Second World War intensely personal, vivid, and vital * Military Times *
Reads extremely well, with a gripping narrative that explains the unfolding of the war whilst weaving in moving and vivid personal accounts... This is a book that manages to fuse the strategic with the human and the social with consummate skill, and in so doing it delivers a multi-faceted understanding of the war at sea as well as a poignant reminder of the way in which society has lost its "sea vision" * Nautilus International Telegraph *
Glyn is a historian. He completed his doctorate at Oxford University, and taught modern British History at Jesus College. He has taught at the University of Sussex and is now based in Cambridge. This is his first book.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780670918546 |
| ISBN 10 | 0670918547 |
| Title | Citizen Sailors |
| Author | Glyn Prysor |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2011-08-25 |
| Number of pages | 576 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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