Empire of the Deep: The Rise and Fall of the British Navy - Couverture rigide

Wilson, Ben

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0297864084 ISBN 13 : 9780297864080

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2013

Synopsis

The story of our navy is nothing less than the story of Britain, our culture and our empire. Much more than a parade of admirals and their battles, this is the story of how an insignificant island nation conquered the world's oceans to become its greatest trading empire. Few other nations have fallen so deeply in love with a branch of the armed forces as the British did with its Navy. Yet, as Ben Wilson shows, there was nothing inevitable about this rise to maritime domination, nor was it ever an easy path. For much of our history Britain was a third-rate maritime power on the periphery of Europe. EMPIRE OF THE DEEP also reveals how our naval history has shaped us in more subtle and surprising ways - our language, culture, politics and national character all owe a great debt to this conquest of the seas. This is a gripping, fresh take on our national story.

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À propos de l?auteur

Ben Wilson is the author of five critically acclaimed books including the Sunday Times bestselling EMPIRE OF THE DEEP and WHAT PRICE LIBERTY?, for which he received a Somerset Maugham Award. He was born in 1980 and educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a first-class degree and an MPhil in history.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0297864084
• ISBN 13: 9780297864080
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 720
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