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British Maritime History Seminars:
Empires and Nations
by Paul Chamberlain
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The Institute of Historical Research has a series of lectures being presented this year covering a range of naval subjects under the general heading Empires and Nations. All are presented by academic historians, begin at 17.15 and admission is free. They take place at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London, Senate House, London, WC1E 7HU. The programme is organised in conjunction with the National Maritime Museum and is as follows: 8th March British Personnel in the Dutch Navy c. 1650-1720. Andrew Little, University of Exeter 22nd March Patronage and British Marine Painting Dr Eleanor Hughes, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. 3rd May ‘The Cussedest Place’: Victualling the British Navy at the Cape of Good Hope 1795-1803. Dr Dawn D’Arcy Nell, St, Antony’s College, Oxford. 17th May Aspects of the Sing-Song Trade: The Export of Clocks and Watches to the East Indies in the 18th Century. Roger Smith. 31st May Making Money in the Caribbean: Slavery and the Foundations of Aristocratic Wealth. Professor James Walvin, University of York. 14th June American Colonies, Scottish Entrepre-neurs and British State Formation in the 17th Century. Dr Esther Mijers, University of Aberdeen. Details from the Research Administrator, Centre for Research, National Maritime Museum, London, SE10 9NF. Tel: 020 8312 6716, email: research@nmm.ac.uk or visit their website at www.nmm.ac.uk Forthcoming books from Greenhill and Chatham March Building the Wooden Warship. James Dodds and James Moore. Hardback, £25.00 April A History of the Peninsular War Volume 5: October 1811-August 31, 1812. Sir Charles Oman. Paperback, £14.99 A History of the Peninsular War Volume 6: September 1, 1812 to August 5, 1813. Sir Charles Oman. Paperback, £14.99 May The Decline and fall of Napoleon’s Empire, 1804-1815: How the Emperor Self-Destructed. Digby Smith. Hardback, £19.99 The Trafalgar Captains: Their Lives and Memorials. Colin White and the 1805 Club. Paperback, £12.99 June Naval Edged Weapons In The Age of Fighting Sail, 1775-1865. Sarah C. Wolfe. Hardback, £17.99 With Napoleon’s Guns: The Military Memoirs of an Officer of the First Empire. Colonel Jean-Nicolas-Uguste Nöel, tranlstaed by Rosemary Brindle. Hardback, £18.99 Email: info@greenhillbooks.com or visit their website at www.greenhillbooks.com Napoleonic News Desk
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