On a dark night in February of 1864; the H.L. Hunley; the first submarine to sink an enemy ship in combat; torpedoed the Union blockade ship USS Housatonic; a feat that would not be repeated for another 50 years. But fate was not kind to the Hunley that night as it sank with all of its crew on board before it could return to shore. Considered by many to be the Civil War’s greatest mystery; the Hunley’s demise and its resting place have been a topic of discussion for historians and Civil War buffs alike for more than a hundred years.Adding still more to the intrigue; the vessel was discovered in 1995 by a dive team led by famed novelist and shipwreck hunter Clive Cussler; sparking an underwater investigation that resulted in the raising of the Hunley on August 8; 2000. Since that time; the extensive research and restorative efforts underway have unraveled the incredible secrets that were locked within the submarine at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.Join Civil War expert Brian Hicks as Sea of Darkness recounts the most historically accurate narrative of the sinking and eventual recovery ever written. Hicks has been given unprecedented access to all the main characters involved in the discovery; raising; and restoration of the Hunley. Complete with a foreword and additional commentary by Clive Cussler; Sea of Darkness offers new; never-before-published evidence on the cause of the Hunley’s sinking; providing readers a tantalizing behind-the-scenes look inside the historic submarine.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. An unequaled study; but an odd choice of formatBy CustomerAs noted in other reviews; Rousselot's illustrations and text are the foremost treatment of First Empire uniforms; bar none and by a considerable margin. His text is masterful in breadth and depth and his illustrations place him more in the company of Meissonier than with later; lesser uniform illustrators. Andrea Press seems to have been constrained to produce the entire collection for an accessible price. The plates are scaled far down and the colors don't seem to match the original. It's still an invaluable resource and the translation is surprisingly graceful; but there's very little of the pure guilty pleasure of looking at the plates that one gets from the standalones or even from the Elite Cavalry volume. I'd have preferred to have a series of books; each covering one or two of the chapters of the existing work; with larger and better-reproduced plates. Still; it's a huge step forward to have Rousselot's central work in (relatively) wide circulation again.9 of 10 people found the following review helpful. THE authoritive sourceBy Col McFetridgeLucien Rousselot is the Gold Standard for the French Army of Napoleon. This volumn is the collected works of his folio sized prints. The text is woven into the color drawings in a way that supports the figures and is more easily accesed than the separate sheets of explanations in the originals. The originals have a real color vitality from the ink used at that time. Later reprints lost this and some were quite attrocious.The only down side to the book is that the page size is considerably smaller than the originals so the drawing are reduced in scale. This is not an insurmountable issue and to have all the plates; normally retailing at $10 each; for a fraction of the cost is well worth the reduction in size. If you only have room for one reference on French Napoleonic uniforms - this is it.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy jorge sepulveda escorriolaReally great book.
