The late Syrett, who taught history at Queens College, City U. of New York, provides the first full-length modern biography of Admiral Lord Howe, who fought in Britain's eighteenth century naval wars, from the War of Austrian Succession to the Great Mutiny at Spithead in the French Revolutionary War. więcej »

From the man described by Amanda Foreman as 'one of the most eminent naval historians of our age' comes the story of how this country's maritime power helped Britain gain unparalleled dominance of the world's economy. więcej »

The story of Philip II''s campaign in the summer of 1588 when 130 ships and 30,000 men set out to ferry the Spanish Army of Flanders to England to depose Elizabeth I, not to engage in naval warfare. więcej »

* Compelling new study of one of the major naval battles of the Second World War.

* Graphic reconstruction of the day-long battle and the pursuit, using eyewitness accounts. więcej »

This is the story of the Bellerophon, a ship of the line known to her crew as the Billy Ruffian. Under fourteen captains, she played a conspicuous part in three of the most famous of all sea battles: the battle of the Glorious First of June (1794), the opening action against Revolutionary France; the battle of the Nile (1798), which halted Napoleon's eastern expansion from Cairo; and the battle of Trafalgar (1805), which established British naval supremacy for 100 years and during which her captain was shot dead with a musket ball an hour before Nelson was mortally wounded. więcej »

The British ship designers who plied their trade between 1870 and 1881 have long been criticized for being retrogressive and emblematic of the so-called dark ages of the British Admiralty. więcej »

"A masterly account and, like all good biographies, says as much, if not more, about the historical context as about the subject itself. więcej »

The Command of the Ocean describes with unprecedented authority and scholarship the rise of Britain to naval greatness, and the central place of the Navy and naval activity in the life of the nation and government. więcej »

This history of iron and steel warships is complented by illustrations, photographs and accurate standard-scale drawings for most classes. więcej »