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Age of Sail, Book Reviews, Maritime Strategy, Naval History, Seapower
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Latest Book Review, 22 March 2024

22 Mar 24

BRE. The latest book review is now available. Professor Andrew Lambert considers a book originally published in 1691, edited and contextualised by Professors John Hattendorf and Geoffrey Till.

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Recovering Naval Power: Henry Maydman and the Revival of the Royal Navy

22 Mar 24

212 pages Prof Andrew Lambert Henry Maydman served in the Royal Navy as a sailor, and latterly a Purser, from […]

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Age of Sail, Book Reviews, Naval History
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Latest Book Review, 15 March 2024

15 Mar 24

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers David Grann’s take on the story of the Wager and Commodore Anson’s 1742 voyage to the Pacific.

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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

15 Mar 24

368 pages Capt. Andrew Welch (retd.) This book has, as I write, been in the Sunday Times bestseller list for […]

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19th Century, Age of Sail, Book Reviews, Military History, Naval History, United States Navy
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Latest Book Review, 16 February 2024

16 Feb 24

BRE. The latest book review is now available. Professor Andrew Lambert considers a book on the War of 1812, which ‘provides the ideal introduction to a complex, and much misunderstood conflict’.

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The War of 1812

16 Feb 24

144 pages Prof Andrew Lambert The new edition of this beautifully illustrated book provides the ideal introduction to a complex, […]

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Age of Sail, American Revolution, Book Reviews, Naval History, United States Navy
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Latest Book Review, 2 February 2024

02 Feb 24

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a book exploring the maritime aspects of the American Revolutionary War.

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A Maritime History of the American Revolutionary War: An Atlantic-Wide Conflict over Independence and Empire

02 Feb 24

224 pages Capt. M. K. Barritt Theodore Corbett opens his book with an assertion that there is “little written about […]

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Age of Sail, Book Reviews, Naval History, People, Slave Trade
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Latest Book Review, 12 January 2024

12 Jan 24

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a book exploring and responding to claims that Nelson was linked to the slave trade.

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