Quintin Barry is a solicitor and retired Employment Judge. He has also held a wide varirty of offices in both the public sectors, including the NHS and local radio. Following a lifelong interest in military and naval history, he is the author of a number of books in both fields. These include an acclaimed two volume history of the Franco Prussian War of 1870-1871; a history of the Austro Prussian War of 1866; and the first modern history of the Russo Turkish War of 1877-1878. He has also written a number of books of naval history, including a well reviewed account of the war in the North Sea in 1914-1918.
""" ... ""Citation references are meticulously presented in footnotes...There are clear, clutter-free and useful maps at the start of the book and diagrams of two major actions. 5 stars.""-- ""Army Rumour Service"" "" ... a very welcome addition to a growing body of literature on the lesser known, but no less important, operations of the Royal Navy during the Great War with France, 1793-1815. Recommended for all readers interested in Napoleonic naval history.""-- ""The Napoleon Series"" "" ... provides a good introduction to the challenges and choices surrounding blockade enforcement at the turn of the nineteenth century.""-- ""Mariner's Mirror"" "" ... Quintin Barry manages to make this book interesting and very readable...Well recommended.""-- ""Scuttlebutt"" ""The author, a solicitor and acclaimed military and naval historian has woven a wonderful tale of the rest Blockade that so effectively frustrated French attempts to invade and conquer Britain at the end of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth centuries.""-- ""Baird Maritime"" ""This book accomplishes a task awaiting a naval historian since the Navy Records Society published... two volumes...... in 1899.......it is written with pace; it is well illustrated and has good maps. Above all, it has used primary sources with discernment and provides innumerable insights...""-- ""The International Journal of Maritime History"""