Fighting Ships 1850-1950 by Sam Willis
A magnificent record of 100 years of naval history, from the Crimean War to World War II.
'Outstanding quality of reproduction.. Willis accompanies the images with incisive text' Navy News. * Navy News *
Dr Sam Willis is one of the world's leading authorities on the sailing navy and was awarded a PhD in Naval History for his thesis on Command and Tactics in the 18th-century Navy. He is an Honorary Fellow at the University of Exeter's Centre for Maritime Historical Studies and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Sam was presenter of the BBC series Shipwrecks and has consulted on maritime painting for Christie's and the BBC, spending 18 months as a Square Rig Able Seaman, sailing the tall ships used in the Hornblower television series and Channel 4's award-winning film Shackleton. He is the author of Fighting at Sea in the Eighteenth Century: The Art of Sailing Warfare and Fighting Ships 1750-1850 (Quercus).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781848667020 |
| ISBN 10 | 1848667027 |
| Title | Fighting Ships 1850-1950 |
| Author | Sam Willis |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Quercus Publishing |
| Year published | 2014-05-08 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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