Empire of the deep : the rise and fall of the British Navy
Wilson, Ben, 1980-2013
Book
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.
Main title:
Author:
Wilson, Ben, 1980-, author
Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2013.London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2013.
Collation:
xxvi, 692 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780297864080 (hbk)
Dewey class:
359.00941359.0094
Language:
English
BRN:
1036051