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Empire of the Deep: The Rise and Fall of the British Navy

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Description for Empire of the Deep: The Rise and Fall of the British Navy Paperback. The bestselling complete history of the British Navy - our national story through a different prism. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 143 x 43. Weight in Grams: 568.

The bestselling complete history of the British Navy - our national story through a different prism.

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.

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Product Details

Publisher
Phoenix
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
720
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780753829202
SKU
V9780753829202
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-99

About Ben Wilson
Born in 1980, Ben Wilson's first book was published when he was just 24, and he is one of our most acclaimed young historians. He lives in Suffolk.

Reviews for Empire of the Deep: The Rise and Fall of the British Navy
One of our finest young historians...With such a variety of peaks and troughs to choose from, this book can only generate discussion: it is, in its essence, a book about rise and fall that explodes the notion of rise and fall. It is a wonderful book because it does not tell the answer from on high but, instead, it asks ... Read more

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