Maritime History

Asian Maritime Strategies explores one of the worlds most complex and dangerous maritime arenas. Asia, stretching from the Aleutian Islands to the ...

A fascinating re-examination of the battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval encounter in history and probably the most decisive naval battle of the...

One Hundred Years after the Sinking of the Titanic, the Sophistication of Her Passengers Lives On.Titanic Style explores the world of fashion and d...

A meticulously researched account of how the US Navy evolved between the War of 1812 and the Civil War.The 1830s is an overlooked period in America...

A meticulously researched account of how the US Navy evolved between the War of 1812 and the Civil War.The 1830s is an overlooked period in America...

This title features the latest historical and archaeological research into the mysterious and powerful confederations of raiders who troubled the E...

Part of the ALL-NEW LADYBIRD EXPERT SERIES.____________Why did the Spanish launch their Armada on England?How did Francis Drake counter the Spanish...

A smuggler ... honest thief or wretch? Opinion was divided some 200 years ago when smuggling was in its heyday and known as that infamous traffick....

Pirates have long captured peoples imaginations with images of cutlass-wielding swashbucklers, eye-patches and buried treasure. But what was life r...

We are delighted to announce the publication, in partnership with The RNLI, of a special, Limited Edition of The Lifeboat: Courage on our Coasts. T...

Ireland is an island nation, inextricably linked with and dependent upon the sea which surrounds us. From earliest times, ships from distant lands ...

Dressed to Kill is a unique and detailed analysis of naval uniform and its historical, social and economic contexts in the eighteenth and nineteent...

The Knight's Cross (Ritterkreuz) was one of the highest decorations given for extreme acts of valour to all ranks of the German armed forces during...

The Forgotten Shipwreck is the tragic true story of a Cornish pleasure boat which sank without trace or sensation, relegated in news columns by Eng...

British fishermen, crusaders, Explorers, smugglers, traders, Inventors, convicts, settlers in the hold. Pirates, shipwrights, whalers, And our nav...

Captain Cook is generally acknowledged as the first great European scientific explorer. His voyage of exploration to the Pacific in HM bark Endeavo...