BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers two books providing insights into shipbuilding in the age of sail.

210 pages; 128 pages David Childs Many a semi-inebriated sailor, being rowed out to rejoin his ship anchored at Spithead, […]

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers Professor Andrew Lambert’s masterful study of the development of British strategy from victory at Waterloo to the First World War.

588 pages Capt M K Barritt and Dr James Bosbotinis What personal narrative framework do we have for the period […]

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a book exploring the life of Captain Kidd, written by his ‘ninth great-grandson’.

384 pages Mike Farquharson-Roberts PhD (Mar Hist) (aka Robert Muddysley) This book opens in 1689 and closes with Kidd’s execution […]

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a book exploring the life of George Lowther, a pirate, subsequently pardoned and served in the Royal Navy.

256 pages David Childs I dedicated my own book on pirates to my grandsons, “hoping pirates provide you with pleasure.” […]

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a reprint of a biography of Admiral Beaufort, originally published in 2002.