Empire of the Seas: How the Navy Forged the Modern World

By Brian Lavery

Book Overview

The BBC TV Tie-in to Dan Snow's Timewatch series exploring the navy's rise over four centuries. The year 1588 marked a turning point in our national story. Victory over the Spanish Armada transformed us into a seafaring nation and it sparked a myth that one day would become a reality - that the nation's new destiny, the source of her future wealth and power lay out on the oceans. This book tells the story of how the navy expanded from a tiny force to become the most complex industrial enterprise on earth; how the need to organise it laid the foundations of our civil service and our economy; and how it transformed our culture, our sense of national identity and our democracy. Brian Lavery's narrative explores the navy's rise over four centuries; a key factor in propelling Britain to its status as the most powerful nation on earth, and assesses the turning point of Jutland and the First World War. He creates a compelling read that is every bit as engaging as the TV series itself.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472835603
• ISBN13: 9781472835604
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.0" x 7.7"