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A Seaman's PocketbookJune 1943, by the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty by Brian Lavery
Category: History
At the height of the Second World War this small pocket-book was issued to all ratings on board ships of the Royal Navy. In straight period prose it outlines all the basic expressions and tasks a seaman needed to know to perform his duties efficiently. Chapters are broken down into: Sea Terms; Navigatio ...Show more
Churchill: Warrior: How a Military Life Guided Winston's Finest Hours by Brian Lavery
Category: Biography
On a typical day during the Second World War, Winston Churchill, as Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, issued numerous memos to the ministers and service commanders on different subjects, on both the grand strategy and the detail of the war effort. It was not just his work rate and his self-confide ...Show more
Churchill's Navy by Brian Lavery
Category: General Fiction
In this remarkable book, now reissued in paperback, Brian Lavery examines every aspect of the Royal Navy, both ashore and at sea, during the Second World War, and casts a lucid eye over the strengths and weaknesses of an organization that was put under acute strain during the period, yet rose to the cha ...Show more
Empire of the Seas: How the Navy Forged the Modern World by Brian Lavery
Category: History
For four centuries the Royal Navy made Britain the most powerful nation on earththe true ruler of the waves. But its impact goes far beyond battles on the high seas. This lavishly illustrated tie-in to a major BBC series follows the progress of the Royal Navy from the defeat of the Spanish Armada to Wor ...Show more
Empire of the Seas: How the Navy Forged the Modern World by Brian Lavery
Category: History
For four centuries, the Navy made Britain the most powerful nation on earth - the true ruler of the waves. But its impact goes way beyond battles on the high seas. This new book, a tie-in to a major BBC TV series presented by Dan Snow, is written by one of the nation's foremost naval historians, and tel ...Show more
Empire of the Seas: How the Navy Forged the Modern World by Brian Lavery
Category: History
The year 1588 marked a turning point in our national story. Victory over the Spanish Armada transformed us into a seafaring nation and it sparked a myth that one day would become a reality - that the nation's new destiny, the source of her future wealth and power lay out on the oceans. This book tells t ...Show more
In Which They Served by Brian Lavery
Category: Military
During World War Two the Royal Navy had to expand more than sevenfold to counter numerous threats across the globe. To find officers for this force it had to move well outside its normal supply of boys trained from the age of 13. As a result yachtsmen were recruited and sent to sea, along with possible ...Show more
Legendary Journeys: Ships by Philip Steele; Sebastian Quigley (Illustrator); Brian Lavery
Category: Education | Series: Legendary Journeys Ser.
Legendary Journeys: Ships unfolds the enthralling history of sea-going vessels as they sailed across the globe, from the invention of simple rafts and dugouts to the new technologies of today's luxury liners. Ten two-stage sliders with die-cuts and flaps make dramatic features that pull out to reveal am ...Show more
Mary Rose - King Henry VIII's Warship 1510-45: Insights into the Construction, Operation, Rescue and Restoration of a Great Tudor Ship and its Contents by Brian Lavery
Category: History | Series: Owners Workshop Manual
Insights into the construction, operation, rescue and restoration of a great Tudor ship and its contents. From the time that King Henry VIII's warship Mary Rose was raised from the Solent in 1982 after 437 years on the seabed, to the present day, she has been constantly in the public eye. In 2013 a stat ...Show more
Nelson's Navy: The Ships, Men and Organisation, 1793-1815 by Brian Lavery
Category: Cap Link Damages SPECIALS
A foreword by Patrick O'Brian introduces this definitive reference work, which stands as one of the most successful titles in Conway's 40-year history, with an impressive sales record to match. This book is the essential guide to Nelson's Navy for all those with an interest in the workings of the greate ...Show more
Nelson's Victory: 250 Years of War and Peace by Brian Lavery
Category: Military
May 2015 sees the 250th anniversary of the launch of HMS Victory, the ship that is so closely associated with Nelson and his great victory at Trafalgar and which, still extant, has today become the embodiment of the great Age of Sail. Many books have been written about Victory but none like this, which ...Show more
Nelson's Victory - 250 Years of War and Peace by Brian Lavery
Category: History
May 2015 sees the 250th anniversary of the launch of HMS Victory, the ship that is so closely associated with Nelson and his great victory at Trafalgar and which, still extant, has today become the embodiment of the great Age of Sail. Many books have been written about Victory but none like this, which ...Show more