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Hansando and Busan 1592: Admiral Yi Sun-Sin’s First Victories Against Japan
96 pages Dr James Bosbotinis The Imjin War, fought between 1592 and 1598 saw an attempted Japanese invasion of the […]
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Hansando and Busan 1592: Admiral Yi Sun-Sin’s First Victories Against Japan
96 pages Dr James Bosbotinis The Imjin War, fought between 1592 and 1598 saw an attempted Japanese invasion of the […]
Winkle: The Extraordinary Life of Britain’s Greatest Pilot
544 pages Dr James Bosbotinis To say that I have been looking forward to reading Paul Beaver’s biography of Eric […]
German Raiders of the First World War: Kaiserliche Marine Cruisers and the Epic Chases
208 pages Mike Farquharson-Roberts PhD (Mar Hist) At the outbreak of the First World War the German hochseeflotte – High […]
Royal Navy Force H 1940-42: Britain’s Strike Force at Gibraltar
80 pages Dr James Bosbotinis The latest offering in Osprey’s ‘Fleet’ series of books, Royal Navy Force H 1940-42 (due […]
Battle of the Arctic: The Maritime Epic of World War Two
816 pages Rear Admiral Guy Liardet Sorting out the Sebag-Montefiores, it is Simon who is famous for his many histories […]
Royal Navy Monitors of World War II: Britain’s Battleship-Calibre Gunboats
48 pages Dr James Bosbotinis With a cover image depicting HMS Terror in action in January 1918, this slim new […]
US Navy Atlanta-Class Light Cruisers 1940-49
48 pages RAdm R G Melly Naval historian Mark Lardas is a prolific writer of books, and I see that […]
No Uncertain Sound: The Life and Times of Admiral Sir Jock Slater
192 pages Andrew Livsey The book will be published on 10 December 2025 and is available to pre-order at: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1849956138 […]
Stars to Steer By: Celebrating the 20th Century Women Who Went to Sea
336 pages Chris O’Flaherty Written with the serene flow of a gently rising tide on a still morning, Stars to […]
