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  • The Myth of the Press Gang

    Volunteers, Impressment and the Naval Manpower Problem in the Late Eighteenth Century

    by J. Ross Dancy ...
    SHORTLISTED for the Society for Nautical Research's prestigious Anderson Medal.The press gang is generally regarded as the means by which the British navy solved the problem of recruiting enough seamen in the late eighteenth century. This book, however, based on extensive original research conducted primarily in a large number of ships' muster books, demonstrates that this view is false. It argues ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Routledge Handbook of the Second World War in the Pacific

    Edited by S. C. M. Paine, John M. Sheehan, Sam J. Tangredi, Stuart D. Furner, Matthew A. Tattar, Evan Wilson, J. Ross Dancy ...
    This collection of over fifty essays provides a comprehensive overview of the Pacific Theater of World War II. Scholars and practitioners from around the globe unite their expertise to explore the interaction of the belligerents, with multiple chapters co-written by Japanese and American authors.Part I provides the political, economic, military, strategic, and legal backdrop. Part II highlights ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

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    Hysteria

    by LJ Ross ...
    Narrated by Hugh Dancy ...
    Series series Dr Alex Gregory

    Unabridged

    6 hours 47 min

    From the International Number 1 Bestselling Author of the DCI Ryan Mysteries. Hysteria is the second instalment in Ross' brand new Dr Alex Gregory series, narrated by actor Hugh Dancy.Recently returned from his last case in Ireland, elite forensic psychologist and criminal profiler Dr Alexander Gregory receives a call from the French police that he can’t ignore. It’s Paris fashion week and some of ... Read more

    $16.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Challenge

    Britain Against America in the Naval War of 1812

    by Andrew Lambert ...
    In the summer of 1812 Britain stood alone, fighting for her very survival against a vast European Empire. Only the Royal Navy stood between Napoleon's legions and ultimate victory. In that dark hour America saw its chance to challenge British dominance: her troops invaded Canada and American frigates attacked British merchant shipping, the lifeblood of British defence.War polarised America. The ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • In Nelson's Wake

    The Navy and the Napoleonic Wars

    by James Davey ...
    Battles, blockades, convoys, raids: An "impressive" account of how the indefatigable British Royal Navy ensured Napoleon's ultimate defeat ( International Journal of Military History).Horatio Nelson's celebrated victory over the French at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 presented Britain with an unprecedented command of the seas. Yet the Royal Navy's role in the struggle against Napoleonic France ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Glorious First of June

    Fleet Battle in the Reign of Terror

    by Sam Willis ...
    Series series Hearts of Oak Trilogy
    France, early summer 1794. The French Revolution has been hijacked by the extreme Jacobins and is in the grip of The Terror. While the guillotine relentlessly takes the heads of innocents, two vast French and British fleets meet in mid-Atlantic after a week of skirmishing.The French, in ships painted blood-red and bearing banners proclaiming 'la République ou la mort!' are escorting an American ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Admirals

    by Andrew Lambert ...
    The true story of how Britain's maritime power helped gain this country unparalleled dominance of the world's economy, Admirals celebrates the rare talents of the men who shaped the most successful fighting force in world history. Told through the lives and battles of eleven of our most remarkable admirals - men such as James II and Robert Blake - Andrew Lambert's book stretches from the Spanish ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Britain Against Napoleon

    The Organization of Victory, 1793-1815

    by Roger Knight ...
    From Roger Knight, established by his multi-award winning book The Pursuit of Victory as 'an authority ... none of his rivals can match' (N.A.M. Rodger), Britain Against Napoleon is the first book to explain how the British state successfully organised itself to overcome Napoleon - and how very close it came to defeat.For more than twenty years after 1793, the French army was supreme in ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • How the Army Made Britain a Global Power, 1688–1815

    by Jeremy Black ...
    "A majestic study of the British Army's evolution" from the acclaimed historian, commentator, and author of Britain's Naval Route to Greatness (Stanley D.M. Carpenter, Emeritus Professor of Strategy, U.S. Naval War College).Between 1760 and 1815, British troops campaigned from Manila to Montreal, Cape Town to Copenhagen, Washington to Waterloo. The naval dimension of Britain's expansion has been ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Merchant Navy

    by Richard Woodman ...
    Series Book 736 - Shire Library
    At one time British ships carried half of the world's trade, transporting every conceivable type of freight from and to all four corners of the globe – and in times of crisis the merchant fleet has also offered military assistance.In fact, the merchant convoys and armed cruisers that defied the German blockades to supply Britain in the First World War were so pivotal that they were recognised as a ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Royal Navy 1793–1815

    by Gregory Fremont-Barnes ...
    Series Book 31 - Battle Orders
    A careful analysis of the organisation, tactics and command structure which ensured that the Royal Navy was the undisputed master of the waves.By the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 Britain was the undisputed master of the seas, owing to the power and strength of the Royal Navy. Its fleets, comprising ships of the line, frigates, and gunboats, had doubled in size since the outbreak of the ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • The Battle of Quiberon Bay, 1759

    Hawke and the Defeat of the French Invasion

    by Nicholas Tracy ...
    This authoritative history chronicles the Royal Navy's decisive yet little-known victory over the French during the Seven Years' War.In the mid-18th century, with virtually no regular troops at home, Britain was especially vulnerable to the immanent threat of French invasion. In a cunning naval offensive, the British fleet under Admiral Edward Hawke intercepted French ships on their way to ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus