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Title: Excellent
Review: This is a truly well done study of a proud and noble ship. Deane knows his stuff. He picked nearly the perfect compromise of explaining naval jargon without dumbing down the material. His use of illustrations and visual representations (from maps to the beautiful cover painting by Geoff Hunt) are wonderful, and his appendix on the sailing qualities of Agamemnon based on her trials is absolutely fascinating.His history is very inclusive and well documented (easy and accessible footnotes). I was most impressed with his history of HMS Agamemnon (my name sake, in case you haven't smoked it yet) as a paradigm for the naval wars of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic period. His bio of Nelson is also well done and congruous with the rest of the book.All in all a very solid buy that will fit nicely on your naval history shelf. If you don't have one... either start one, or get another book, sorry to say.
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