Friday, January 22, 2010

Wooden Ships, Iron Men, Golden Glory

The UK Daily Mail features an outstanding book review on HMS Temeraire, a line-of-battle ship that fought at the Battle of Trafalgar and was featured in one of Turner's most famous paintings:



Here's a great cutaway illustration of the Temeraire:



The book is titled The Fighting Temeraire by Sam Willis.

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