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After the Lost Franklin Expedition: Lady Franklin and John Rae by Peter Baxter 9781526765864
RRP: $19.34$14.13The fate of the lost Franklin Expedition of 1847 is an enigma that has tantalised generations of historians, archaeologists and adventurers. The expedition was lost without a trace and all 129 men died in what is arguably the worst disaster in Britain's... -
Thomas Summers & Co.: Boatbuilders of Fraserburgh by Mike Smylie 9780750992190
RRP: $19.34$14.90After the end of hostilities in 1945, the fishing industry was quick to establish some semblance of recovery and a surge of new builds and restoration of Admiralty motor fishing vessels soon followed. In Fraserburgh, on Scotland's east coast, several... -
Hebridean Voyages: An Anthology of Sea Crossings to the Western Islands of Scotland, 1822-1955 by Colin Tucker 9781789070804
RRP: $25.74$22.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789070804Author Colin TuckerFormat PaperbackImprint AcairPublisher AcairWeight(grams) 1200g -
Key Figures Aboard RMS Titanic: Superstars and Scapegoats by Nicholas, Anthony 9781399086004
$28.16Titanic. The Marilyn Monroe of ocean liners. A sleek, sultry beauty, taken out way before her time. A kind of 21st century Flying Dutchman, with interiors by Cesar Ritz, still striving to achieve the waters of a port she can never reach. Fuelled by a... -
Hidden Depths: Women of the RNLI by Sue Hennessy 9780752454436
RRP: $25.80$19.40For over 180 years images of strong, selfless males have populated the reports and literature of the lifeboat service. What has not been so well documented or recognised are the roles that, right from the very beginning, women have played in working to... -
Spanish Gold: Captain Woodes Rogers and the True Story of the Pirates of the Caribbean by David Cordingly
RRP: $21.92$14.54The amazing true story of Blackbeard, Calico Jack and all the other pirates of the Caribbean and Captain Woodes Rogers, the privateer turned governor of the Bahamas, who brought them to book. 'Both a brilliant idea and an engrossing book that tells... -
Pirate Queens: The Lives of Anne Bonny & Mary Read by Simon, Rebecca Alexandra 9781526791306
$26.32Between August and October 1720, two female pirates named Anne Bonny and Mary Read terrorized the Caribbean in and around Jamaica. Despite their short career, they became two of the most notorious pirates during the height of the eighteenth-century... -
The Magnetism of Antarctica: The Ross Expedition 1839-1843 by John Knight
RRP: $24.50$20.19This under-documented expedition was a pivotal moment in the annals of polar exploration and was the starting point, in historical terms, of revealing the great unknown continent of Antarctica. It was the first time in nearly 70 years since Captain James... -
Scottish Arctic Whaling by Chesley W. Sanger
RRP: $25.80$18.12Scottish Arctic Whaling brings to light a previously little-known but important Scottish industry. The author's extensive use of original sources such as log-books and diaries shows that hundreds of whaling vessels, sailing variously from sixteen... -
X Marks the Spot: The Archaeology of Piracy by Russell K. Skowronek 9780813030791
RRP: $36.06$26.34This collection piques the imagination with historical evidence about the actual exploits of pirates as revealed in the archaeological record of such ships as Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge, recently discovered off Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina; the... -
A Stain in the Blood: The Remarkable Voyage of Sir Kenelm Digby by Joe Moshenska
RRP: $16.76$11.73SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY and THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY'A thrilling account' The Times'As heroic as Digby himself, Moshenska has defied the tyranny of genre and made his own absorbing account'... -
Dressed to Kill: British Naval Uniform, Masculinity and Contemporary Fashions, 1748-1857 by Amy Miller 9781906367879
RRP: $38.70$27.88Dressed to Kill is a unique and detailed analysis of naval uniform and its historical, social and economic contexts in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This fully updated and expanded second edition examines the significance of male fashion and... -
Imperial Japanese Navy Destroyers 1919-45 1: Minekaze to Shiratsuyu Classes by Mark Stille
RRP: $16.76$14.20This volume will detail the history, weapons and tactics of the Japanese destroyers built before the war. This includes the famous Fubuki class (called "Special Type" by the Japanese, which were, when completed in the late 1920's, the most powerful class... -
Catalonia: A New History by Andrew Dowling
RRP: $47.72$41.96Catalonia: A New History revises many traditional and romantic conceptions in the historiography of a small nation. This book engages with the scholarship of the past decade and separates nationalist myth-history from real historical processes. It is... -
Finding Franklin: The Untold Story of a 165-Year Search by Russell A. Potter
RRP: $45.15$40.17In 2014 media around the world buzzed with news that an archaeological team from Parks Canada had located and identified the wreck of HMS Erebus, the flagship of Sir John Franklin's lost expedition to find the Northwest Passage. Finding Franklin outlines... -
The Alliance of Pirates: Ireland and Atlantic Piracy in the Early Seventeenth Century by Connie Kelleher 9781782053651
$35.36In the early part of the seventeenth-century, along the southwest coast of Ireland, piracy was a way of life. Following the outlawing of privateering in 1603 by the new king of England, disenfranchised like-minded men of the sea, many former privateers,... -
RMS Queen Mary: 101 Questions and Answers About the Great Transatlantic Liner by David Ellery
RRP: $12.89$9.89For 1930s Britain, the Queen Mary was a symbol of hope. Cunard had abandoned construction on what they had planned to be the grandest liner of all time (then known simply as Job 534) in the depths of the Depression. Her half-finished hull sat on the... -
Deep Seas and Tall Ships: A 21st Century Seaman's Account of a Lifetime of Deep Ocean Voyages by Peter J. Hill 9781858587578
$17.14The author's story begins in 1946. He recalls a UK canalside cottage and an early family crisis. He moves rapidly onwards to his sporting school years and forward to his active service at sea from age 16. His narrative includes accounts of early... -
The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Hunt for Shackleton's Endurance by Mensun Bound 9781035008452
RRP: $21.92$17.04SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERBLACKWELL'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTHThe extraordinary story of how the Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, was found in the most hostile sea on Earth in 2022On 21 November 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, Endurance,... -
RMS Mauretania: Classic Liners by Andrew Britton 9780752479507
RRP: $25.79$19.38This long-awaited book tells the remarkable story of the second Mauretania (1938-65): her construction, her naming, her maiden voyage and her distinguished Second World War service, told through extracts from a rare diary of a soldier. Also recalled are... -
Gordon Bennett and the First Yacht Race Across the Atlantic by Sam Jefferson
RRP: $14.18$10.81The 1866 transatlantic yacht race was a match that saw three yachts battle their way across the Atlantic in the dead of winter in pursuit of a $90,000 prize. Six men died in the brutal and close-fought contest, and the event changed the perception of... -
Sea Eagles of Empire: The Classis Britannica and the Battles for Britain by Simon Elliott
RRP: $19.34$14.90Winner of Military History Monthly's 2017 Book of the Year AwardThe Classis Britannica was the Roman regional fleet controlling and protecting the waters around the British Isles - in other words, Britain's first-ever navy.For over 200 years it played a... -
Pearl: December 7, 1941 by Daniel Allen Butler
RRP: $32.25$22.73What happened at Pearl Harbor?What really happened?The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor is one of those rare moments where, in the space of a few hours, the "hinge of Fate" turned and the course of history was utterly changed. Nearly eight decades later,... -
Hello Sailor!: The hidden history of gay life at sea by Jo Stanley 9780582772144
RRP: $47.72$46.62When gays had to be closeted, ships were the only places where homosexual men could not only be out but also camp. And on some liners to the sun and the New World, queens and butches had a ball. They sashayed and minced their way across the world's... -
A New History of Yachting by Mike Bender
RRP: $64.49$51.46An overview of the history of yachting in its social, cultural, political and economic contexts. Shortlisted for the Maritime Foundation's Mountbatten Award 2018 This book, by a leading expert in the field, is the first major history of yachting... -
Stripes and Types of the Royal Navy: A Little Handbook of Sketches by Naval Officers Showing the Dress and Duties of All Ranks from Admiral to Boy Signaller by Robert Blyth
RRP: $12.89$9.11Originally published in 1909 to 'interest and educate the public mind in the men who constitute the first line of our defensive forces', this series of beautiful illustrations and quaint descriptions explains the jobs behind the uniforms. From the... -
ShipCraft 30: Bounty: HM Armed Vessel, 1787 by Kerry Jang
RRP: $21.92$15.84The 'ShipCraft' series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warships. Previously, these have generally covered plastic and resin models of 20th century subjects but, like the previous volume on Nelson's Victory,... -
Pirate Women: The Princesses, Prostitutes, and Privateers Who Ruled the Seven Seas by Laura Sook Duncombe 9781641602228
RRP: $21.87$16.58In the first-ever comprehensive survey of the world's female buccaneers, Pirate Women tells of the women, both real and legendary, who through the ages sailed alongside-and sometimes in command of-their male counterparts. These women came from all walks... -
Liverpool Sailing Ships by Michael Stammers 9780752442433
RRP: $19.34$14.90No one knows when the first sail was raised to propel a boat on the River Mersey, but much speculation abounds. Theoretically, sailing ships could have used this stretch of water in as far back as pre-Roman times, but the oldest proven vessel was that of... -
In the Hour of Victory: The Royal Navy at War in the Age of Nelson by Sam Willis
RRP: $38.70$27.54SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2013 MARITIME MEDIA AWARDSBetween 1794 and 1815 the Royal Navy repeatedly crushed her enemies at sea in a period of military dominance that equals any in history. When Napoleon eventually died in exile, the Lords of the Admiralty... -
A Brief History of the Mediterranean by Jeremy Black
RRP: $14.18$4.53A wonderfully concise and readable, yet comprehensive, history of the Mediterranean Sea, the perfect companion for any visitor -- or indeed, anyone compelled to stay at home.'The grand object of travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean... -
Accounts of China and India by Abu Zayd Al-Sirafi
RRP: $16.76$14.11The ninth and tenth centuries witnessed the establishment of a substantial network of maritime trade across the Indian Ocean, providing the real-life background to the Sinbad tales. An exceptional exemplar of Arabic travel writing, Accounts of China... -
The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea by I. C. B Dear 9780198800507
$50.50This Companion is part of the Oxford Reference Collection: using sustainable print-on-demand technology to make the acclaimed backlist of the Oxford Reference programme perennially available in hardback format. The most comprehensive and authoritative... -
Finding Endurance: Shackleton, My Father and a World Without End by Darrel Bristow-Bovey 9781837731060
RRP: $21.92$14.94Finding Endurance is beautiful, thrilling, heroic and kind, a ripping yarn and a generous and humane reflection on this business of being human. Since the discovery of the wreck of Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance on the bed of the Antarctic ocean,... -
The Corsairs of Saint-Malo: Network Organization of a Merchant Elite Under the Ancien Regime by Henning Hillmann
RRP: $38.70$30.04Western Europe rose in global power during the early modern period as overseas expansion opened new trade routes. At the same time, intense rivalries pitted European states against one another in recurrent wars. Henning Hillmann examines the merchant... -
Mersey Ports: Liverpool & Birkenhead by Ian Collard 9780752421100
RRP: $19.34$14.90The busy River Mersey and its two ports, Liverpool and Birkenhead, have seen great changes in recent years. In Mersey Ports - Liverpool and Birkenhead, Ian Collard charts the developments that have taken place in maritime life on the Mersey, from the... -
Diving the Thistlegorm: The Ultimate Guide to a World War II Shipwreck by Simon Brown 9781909455375
RRP: $45.15$31.85Diving the Thistlegorm is a unique in-depth look at one of the world's best-loved shipwrecks, the World War II British Merchant Navy steamship, featuring award-winning underwater photography. In this highly visual guide, cutting edge photographic methods... -
Pirates: Truth and Tales by Helen Hollick
RRP: $15.47$9.96The historian R. H. Tawney famously wrote, 'The sixteenth century lives in terror of the tramp.' The eighteenth century lived in terror of the tramps of the seas - pirates. Pirates have fascinated people ever since. It was a harsh life for those who... -
Norse America: The Story of a Founding Myth by Gordon Campbell
RRP: $34.17$24.77The story of the Vikings in North America as both fact and fiction, from the westward expansion of the Norse across the North Atlantic in the tenth and eleventh centuries to the myths and fabrications about their presence there that have developed in... -
The Gift of a Sea: A short history of yachting in the Mediterranean by Rod Heikell 9780995469952
$43.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995469952Author Rod HeikellFormat HardbackPage Count 380Imprint Taniwha Press UKPublisher Taniwha Press UK