"The Biography of a Ship of the Line, 1782-1836." If you are a student of the great age of sail, naval history, the Napoleonic Wars, or a fan of Patrick O'Brian or C. S. Forster, you will know about this 74-gun warship. Through contemporary documents like diaries, ship's logs, and personal letters, plus his years of studying the era, Cordingly gives a fascinating, very readable account from birth to death of this ship that participated in the battles of the Glorious First of June, the Nile, and Trafalgar, and accepted Napoleon's surrender after the Battle of Waterloo. Maps and beautiful illustrations, index. Like new. Bloomsbury. 2003. Hb, Dj. USED. $25.00