Fighting Ships and Prisons : The Mediterranean Galleys of France in the Age of Louis XIV

The dust jacket has chips and closed tears to the extremities. The Uses Of Galleys -- Limitations Of The Oar -- The Base At Marseilles -- Building And Victualing The Galley Corps -- Officers And The Crown -- Chaplains, Lower Officers, And Freeman Crew -- The Procurement Of Slaves -- Condemnations To The Oar -- Life Aboard -- Life Ashore -- Releases And Escapes -- The Transition To Prisons -- [by] Paul W. Bamford. With Drawings By John W. Ekstrom. Bibliography: P. 357-361.