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  • The Battle of The Nile

    A Ladybird Expert Book

    de Sam Willis ...
    Series series The Ladybird Expert Series
    Part of the ALL-NEW LADYBIRD EXPERT SERIES- Why was the Battle of the Nile so decisive in the French Revolutionary Wars?- Why did the French believe they were unassailable?- And why did Nelson and the British win?TRACK the revolutionary roots and dramatic turning points of the British Royal Navy's glorious victory over the French naval expedition to Egypt. From Napoleon's rise to prominence to ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

  • Battle of Trafalgar

    A Ladybird Expert Book

    de Sam Willis ...
    Series series The Ladybird Expert Series
    Part of the ALL-NEW LADYBIRD EXPERT SERIES'Packs plenty of heft into its slender page count' HISTORY REVEALED- Why was the Battle of Trafalgar such an important British victory in the Napoleonic Wars?- How did the British fleet show their strength against the French and Spanish?- How did Nelson excel in his final battle?FOLLOW the daring strategy and brilliant leadership of Horatio Nelson in ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

  • The Spanish Armada: A Ladybird Expert Book

    de Sam Willis ...
    Series series The Ladybird Expert Series
    Part of the ALL-NEW LADYBIRD EXPERT SERIES.____________Why did the Spanish launch their Armada on England?How did Francis Drake counter the Spanish threat?And why were so many ships lost at sea?In 1585 Spain was the most POWERFUL Empire in the known world.As tensions between PROTESTANT England and CATHOLIC Spain rose . . .SPAIN decided to INVADE ENGLAND.And launched the SPANISH ARMADAT... ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • The Fighting Temeraire

    de Sam Willis ...
    The extraordinary story of the mighty Temeraire, the ship behind J. M. W. Turner's iconic painting.The H.M.S. Temeraire, one of Britain’s most illustrious fighting ships, is known to millions through J. M. W. Turner’s masterpiece, The Fighting Temeraire (1839), which portrays the battle-scarred veteran of Britain’s wars with Napoleonic France. In this evocative new volume, Sam Willis tells the ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD

  • Shipwreck

    A History of Disasters at Sea

    de Sam Willis ...
    Shipwrecks have captured our imagination for centuries. Here acclaimed historian Sam Willis traces the astonishing tales of ships that have met with disastrous ends, along with the ensuing acts of courage, moments of sacrifice and episodes of villainy that inevitably occurred in the extreme conditions. Many were freak accidents, and their circumstances so extraordinary that they inspired ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD

  • The Struggle for Sea Power

    A Naval History of the American Revolution

    de Sam Willis ...
    A fascinating naval perspective on one of the greatest of all historical conundrums: How did thirteen isolated colonies, which in 1775 began a war with Britain without a navy or an army, win their independence from the greatest naval and military power on earth?The American Revolution involved a naval war of immense scope and variety, including no fewer than twenty-two navies fighting on five ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD

  • The Admiral Benbow

    The Life and Times of a Naval Legend

    de Sam Willis ...
    Series series Hearts of Oak Trilogy
    Admiral John Benbow was an English naval hero, a fighting sailor of ruthless methods but indomitable courage. Benbow was a man to be reckoned with.In 1702, however, when Benbow engaged a French squadron off the Spanish main, other ships in his squadron failed to support him. His leg shattered by a cannon-ball, Benbow fought on - but to no avail: the French escaped and the stricken Benbow succumbed ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • The Glorious First of June

    Fleet Battle in the Reign of Terror

    de 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 ... Leer más

    Antes $4.99 USD Ahora $2.99 USD

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    The Struggle for Sea Power

    Naval History of the American Revolution

    de Sam Willis ...
    Narrado por Derek Perkins ...

    Completo

    15 hora 50 minutos

    The American Revolution was a naval war of immense scope, embroiling twenty-two navies fighting on five oceans. Britain alone launched simultaneous campaigns in the English Channel, the North and Mid-Atlantic, the Mediterranean, the Indian Ocean, the Caribbean, the Pacific, the North Sea, and, of course, the Eastern Seaboard of America. Not until World War II would a single nation fight in so many ... Leer más

    $35.99 USD

  • Storia imprevedibile del mondo

    Tutto ha una storia, anche quello che non ti aspetti, e tutte le storie sono collegate

    de Sam Willis, James Daybell ...
    Traducido por B. Alessandro D'Onofrio, Alessio Pugliese ...
    Lo sapevi che la barba prima di diventare di moda era roba da tipi loschi? Una volta era sfoggiata solo da assassini e pirati, poi ai soldati inglesi della Guerra di Crimea fu permesso di farla crescere per proteggersi dal gelo della penisola russa; tornati in patria, la trasformarono in un simbolo di coraggio e virilità. Lo sapevi che in passato i guanti potevano esprimere sentimenti opposti? Gli ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • Audiolibro

    Histories of the Unexpected

    de Sam Willis, James Daybell ...
    Narrado por Sam Willis, James Daybell ...

    Completo

    12 hora 15 minutos

    Did you know that the history of the beard is connected to the Crimean War; that the history of paperclips is all about the Stasi; and that the history of bubbles is all about the French Revolution? And who knew that Heinrich Himmler, Tutankhamun and the history of needlework are linked to napalm and Victorian orphans? In Histories of the Unexpected, Sam Willis and James Daybell lead us on a ... Leer más

    $45.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Histories of the Unexpected: The Tudors

    de James Daybell, Sam Willis ...
    Series series Histories of the Unexpected
    The Histories of the Unexpected series not only presents a new way of thinking about the past, but also reveals the world around us as never before. Traditionally, the Tudors have been understood in a straightforward way but the period really comes alive if you take an unexpected approach to its history. Yes, Tudor monarchs, exploration and religion have a fascinating history . . . but so too do ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus