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Jack Tar: Life in Nelson's Navyby: Roy Adkins, Lesley Adkins October 02, 2008 Best Selling > Books > Maritime History |
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If you read only one book of history this year that commemorates the 250th anniversary of the birth of Nelson, read Jack Tar.
During the Great War (1793-1815), the Royal Navy was the backbone of the defence of the British Isles and took a major part in the final victory. Just as the great battles from Valmi to Waterloo were won by the troops in the field, the naval battles were in the end won by the crews - and not by the Nelsons, Hoods or Cochranes. Roy and Lesley Adkins have worked like the archaeologists they are, unearthing hundreds of sources, extracting hundreds of relevant pieces, then carefully glueing them together until the whole image is reconstructed: the portrait of rough, hard-working men (women and children) ... Read More: >>More Details |
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3 Commando Brigadeby: Ewen Southby-Tailyour August 28, 2008 Best Selling > Books > Maritime History |
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I can only echo the good reviews of this book and demonstrates yet again the heroism and professionalism of our armed forces.I've read "apache","3 para" and "into the killing zone" recently and never fail to be awe struck by the people in our armed services.The book itself covers 3 Commando Brigades tour of Helmand in great detail and is well written capturing very well the heat and danger of battle, aswell as the difficult conditions our forces have to work in.
However, there are several comments in the book that seem to have a bit of "a pop" at the Paras. The inside cover accuses them of "a tactical retreat". The book does not really go on to say why this is the case. There is the odd inference but no real criticism from the actual Marines themselves ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Empires of the Sea: The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521-1580by: Roger Crowley May 01, 2008 Best Selling > Books > Maritime History |
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Crowley does an extraordinary job putting together three extraordinary stories that marked the 16th Century in the Mediterranean: The siege of Rhodes, the siege of Malta, and the Battle of Lepanto. These stories, especially that of the siege of Malta, makes the book read like a novel, most enthralling and nail biting.
Although Crowley has written a very accurate and detailed account of these clashes between the Christian and Muslim worlds, one gets the impression, that he tends to minimize the role of Christian leaders, their armies and the importance of their victories, and maximizes that of the Ottoman side. For example, he doesn't give much importance to the conquest of Tunis by Emperor Charles V, while he gets to the detail with other minor Turkish ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Sailing's Strangest Moments: Extraordinary But True Tales from Over 900 Years of Sailing (Strangest)by: John Harding August 23, 2004 Best Selling > Books > Maritime History |
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Now i'm a slow reader - and i mean really slow!. But i managed to tackle this short story book in a weekend because quite simply i couldn't put it down!. Its not the sort of book i usually go for but i saw it in a shop whilst at the seaside and liked the idea of reading some sea related short stories. I can honestly say, i havent enjoyed a book so much for years! it was fantastic!. The stories have you gripped even if they are only two pages long! i enjoyed every single one. Its funny how it starts off with stories of ghost ships and such like and then as it moves more into the future the stories change to more modern 'strange' themes like boat races and murder!. Some stories werent that strange but on the whole you read each one and go 'mmmmmm..interesting'. I loved it!.
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Admiralsby: Andrew D. Lambert September 18, 2008 Best Selling > Books > Maritime History |
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Now i'm a slow reader - and i mean really slow!. But i managed to tackle this short story book in a weekend because quite simply i couldn't put it down!. Its not the sort of book i usually go for but i saw it in a shop whilst at the seaside and liked the idea of reading some sea related short stories. I can honestly say, i havent enjoyed a book so much for years! it was fantastic!. The stories have you gripped even if they are only two pages long! i enjoyed every single one. Its funny how it starts off with stories of ghost ships and such like and then as it moves more into the future the stories change to more modern 'strange' themes like boat races and murder!. Some stories werent that strange but on the whole you read each one and go 'mmmmmm..interesting'. I loved it!.
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1421: The Year China Discovered the Worldby: Gavin Menzies March 01, 2004 Best Selling > Books > Maritime History |
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There is such a thing as a work of fantasy. This is book is just that. No evidence whatsoever. No proof. No circumstantial evidence. Pure tosh from start to finish. This is no more history than books on Atlantis are history.
Do youselves a favour - if Sino-European history interests you, buy a good, well-respected, well-researched work on the subject. Leave foolishness like this to the idiots. >>More Details |
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1434: The Year a Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissanceby: Gavin Menzies July 01, 2008 Best Selling > Books > Maritime History |
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Garbage.
That's what this is. Garbage. It's bad enough that the fore-runner to this book was swallowed hook, line, and sinker by the gullible thousands; but for a sequel, even more outlandish in its thesis, to receive a similar welcome is a poor reflection on the intelligence of the average reader. There are thousands, if not millions, of academic books, papers, theses, and disseratations that paint a different image of how China and Europe shared knowledge. None of them mention this armada. Garbage. >>More Details |
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Battle at Sea: 3000 Years of Naval Warfareby: R.G. Grant September 01, 2008 Best Selling > Books > Maritime History |
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This book provides encyclopaedic and colourful detail on almost every aspect of naval warfare and much else besides.
I read of naval battles in remote parts and many ages ago that I have never heard of. My ignorance of those in Korean and Japanese waters and even on the Great Lakes of North America might be excused but less so the Battle of Beachy Head in 1690 when the English fleet was soundly trounced by the French. For over 300 battles there are summaries of the action and a table of essentials about the combatants: date, location, commanders, men, ships and result. Not only set-piece battles are covered but also naval sieges such as that of Constantinople and the attrition of Arctic convoy PQ17. But this is no dry recitation of distant events. Around 65 significant battles ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Europe Between the Oceans: 9000 BC to AD 1000by: Barry Cunliffe May 31, 2008 Best Selling > Books > Maritime History |
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This book provides encyclopaedic and colourful detail on almost every aspect of naval warfare and much else besides.
I read of naval battles in remote parts and many ages ago that I have never heard of. My ignorance of those in Korean and Japanese waters and even on the Great Lakes of North America might be excused but less so the Battle of Beachy Head in 1690 when the English fleet was soundly trounced by the French. For over 300 battles there are summaries of the action and a table of essentials about the combatants: date, location, commanders, men, ships and result. Not only set-piece battles are covered but also naval sieges such as that of Constantinople and the attrition of Arctic convoy PQ17. But this is no dry recitation of distant events. Around 65 significant battles ... Read More: >>More Details |
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The Frigate Surprise: The Design, Construction and Careers of Jack Aubrey's Favourite Commandby: Brian Lavery and Geoff Hunt November 17, 2008 Best Selling > Books > Maritime History |
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With even a larger format than the standard Conway nautical reference volume, the pages of "The Frigate Surprise" are filled with large reproductions of glorious Geoff Hunt paintings of the ship made famous by the novels of Patrick O'Brian, along with Royal Navy plans of Surprise herself upon her capture from the French (and of her sister ship, La Tourterelle), exquisite plans and drawings by Karl Marquardt (providing sail plans both per historical records and, as described in the O'Brian novels, with the mainmast of a 36-gun frigate), and photographs of the 20th century-built HMS Rose in her guise as the Surprise for the film "Master and Commander" and of other tall ships and models, plus narrative text from Brian Lavery on the Surprise's historical and fictional careers and by Geoff Hunt upon ... Read More:
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