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  • The Price of Victory

    A Naval History of Britain: 1815-1945

    by N. A. M. Rodger ...
    The final installment of N. A. M. Rodger’s definitive, authoritative trilogy on Britain’s naval history.Across two acclaimed volumes, preeminent naval historian N. A. M. Rodger has traced the progress of naval warfare in Britain from the seventh century through to Trafalgar, combining decades of scholarship with original insights and analysis. In this final volume, N. A. M. Rodger delivers a ... Read more

    $50.19 CAD

  • The Safeguard of the Sea

    A Naval History of Britain 660-1649

    by N A M Rodger ...
    Throughout Britain's history, one factor above all others has determined the fate of the nation: its navy. N. A. M. Rodger's definitive account reveals how the political and social progress of Britain has been inextricably intertwined with the strength - and weakness - of its sea power, from the desperate early campaigns against the Vikings to the defeat of the great Spanish Armada. Covering ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Essays in Naval History, from Medieval to Modern

    by N.A.M. Rodger ...
    Series series Variorum Collected Studies
    The articles collected here (two appearing for the first time in English) cover a number of topics central to naval history and illustrate the author's contention that this is not only, or even chiefly, a distinct area of special study, but rather a central theme running through the history of England, and of the whole British Isles. Though the subjects and the styles vary a good deal, the studies ... Read more

    $101.68 CAD

  • The Royal Navy in Eastern Waters

    Linchpin of Victory, 1935–1942

    by Andrew Boyd, N.A.M. Rodger ...
    How British naval power in the Indian Ocean played a critical early role in WWII: "Commands the reader's attention. . . . a history game-changer." — Warship, Naval Books of the YearThis new work tells the compelling story of how the Royal Navy secured the strategic space from Egypt in the west to Australasia in the East through the first half of the Second World War—and explains why this ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Nelson, Navy & Nation

    The Royal Navy and the British people, 1688-1815

    by Quintin Colville, Quintin Colville, James Davey ...
    Nelson, Navy & Nation explores the Royal Navy's relationship with Britain from the Glorious Revolution to the Napoleonic Wars. The book encompasses the realities of naval life in this period; the navy's connection to society; culture and national identity; and the story of Nelson's life and career. It brings together a distinguished panel of leading historians including Roger Knight, Andrew ... Read more

    $22.19 CAD

  • The Maritime History of Cornwall

    by Prof. Philip Payton, Prof. Philip Payton, Alston Kennerley, Alston Kennerley, Helen Doe, Helen Doe, John C. Appleby, John Armstrong, G.H. and R. Bennett, Terry Chapman, Wendy R. Childs0, Janet Cusack1, Bernard Deacon2, Roy Fenton3, Maryanne Kowaleski4, Tony Pawlyn5, Cathryn Pearce6, Caradoc Peters7, N.A.M. Rodger8, John Rule9, W.B. Stephens0, Prof. Mark Stoyle1, John Symons2, Simon Trezise3, Adrian James Webb4, Paul Willerton5 ...
    Cornwall is quintessentially a maritime region. Almost an island, nowhere in it is further than 25 miles from the sea. Cornwall’s often distinctive history has been moulded by this omnipresent maritime environment, while its strategic position at the western approaches—jutting out into the Atlantic—has given this history a global impact.It is perhaps surprising then, that, despite the central ... Read more

    $115.49 CAD

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    Disaster in the Age of Discovery

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    How Central European Émigrés Transformed the British Twentieth Century

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