The National Maritime Museum The Habit of Victory: The Story of the Royal Navy 1545 to 1945 - Softcover

Hore, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330491717 ISBN 13: 9780330491716

Verlag: Pan Books, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

From the Middle Ages through the glorious defeat of the Armada, the triumphs of Nelson and the battles of the First and Second World Wars, this gripping history tells how the Royal Navy turned this country into the world's greatest sea power. Based around previously unpublished material from the archives of the National Maritime Museum, including letters, journals and despatches, Captain Hore tells the story of life in the navy as experienced by commanders and ordinary seamen alike. More than a story of battles, this book shows how advances in technology made by the Royal Navy revolutionised their military power, from broadside gunnery to copper-sheathed hulls, from paddle-steamers and iron Dreadnoughts to the invention of submarines and aircraft carriers. We see how the navy played a key role in exploration, from Drake's circumnavigation of the globe and Cook's voyages of discovery to Fraser's search for the North-west Passage. Filled with colourful characters - the infamous Captain Kidd, Captain Bligh, Samuel Pepys and Jackie Fisher, Blake, Beatty and Jellicoe - this is an exciting account of heroes and villains, innovators and adventurers, battles lost and won that vividly illustrates one of the most fascinating legacies in British military history.

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Biografía del autor:

Captain Peter Hore was head of Defence Studies at the MOD. He is also an associate editor of Warships: International Fleet Review and the author of Seapower Ashore.

Reseña del editor:

A dramatic history of the Royal Navy from the Middle Ages to the Second World War, from the archives of the National Maritime Museum

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• Verlag: Pan Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0330491717
• ISBN 13: 9780330491716
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 464