Empire of the deep:
Wilson, Ben 1980-
Empire of the deep: the rise and fall of the British Navy - Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2013 - xxvi, 692 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
Includes bibliographical references and index
The story of our navy is nothing less than the story of Britain, our culture and our empire. Much more than a parade of admirals and their battles, this is the story of how an insignificant island nation conquered the world's oceans to become its greatest trading empire. Yet, as Ben Wilson shows, there was nothing inevitable about this rise to maritime domination, nor was it ever an easy path.
9780297864080 0297864084
100=NOTNACO 610=NOTNACO
Great Britain Royal Navy --History
Great Britain--History, Naval
359.0094 WIL
Empire of the deep: the rise and fall of the British Navy - Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2013 - xxvi, 692 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
Includes bibliographical references and index
The story of our navy is nothing less than the story of Britain, our culture and our empire. Much more than a parade of admirals and their battles, this is the story of how an insignificant island nation conquered the world's oceans to become its greatest trading empire. Yet, as Ben Wilson shows, there was nothing inevitable about this rise to maritime domination, nor was it ever an easy path.
9780297864080 0297864084
100=NOTNACO 610=NOTNACO
Great Britain Royal Navy --History
Great Britain--History, Naval
359.0094 WIL