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Admirals

Lambert, Andrew
Heftet / 2009 / Engelsk

Product details

ISBN
9780571231577
Published
2009-07-02
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Weight
382 gr
Height
198 mm
Width
129 mm
Thickness
14 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
528

Author
Lambert, Andrew

Biographical note

Andrew Lambert is Professor of Naval History at King's College, London, and has been described as 'the outstanding British naval historian of his generation' (David Cannadine). His books include The Foundations of Naval History (1998), Trincomalee: The Last of Nelson's Frigates (2002), Nelson: Britannia's God of War (2004), Franklin: Tragic Hero of Polar Exploration (2009), and The Challenge: Britain Against America in the Naval War of 1812 (2012). He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and his highly successful history of the British Navy, War at Sea, was broadcast on BBC2.

Admirals

Lambert, Andrew
Heftet / 2009 / Engelsk
Lambert, Andrew
Heftet / 2009 / Engelsk
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The true story of how Britain's maritime power helped gain this country unparalleled dominance of the world's economy, Admirals celebrates the rare talents of the men who shaped the most successful fighting force in world history. Told through the lives and battles of eleven of our most remarkable admirals - men such as James II and Robert Blake - Andrew Lambert's book stretches from the Spanish Armada to the Second World War, culminating with the spirit which led Andrew Browne Cunningham famously to declare, when the army feared he would lose too many ships, 'it takes three years to build a ship; it takes three centuries to build a tradition.'
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The true story of how Britain's maritime power helped gain this country unparalleled dominance of the world's economy, Admirals celebrates the rare talents of the men who shaped the most successful fighting force in world history.
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Admirals is Andrew Lambert's riveting account of the men who made the British navy an astounding military power.

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The true story of how Britain's maritime power helped gain this country unparalleled dominance of the world's economy, Admirals celebrates the rare talents of the men who shaped the most successful fighting force in world history. Told through the lives and battles of eleven of our most remarkable admirals - men such as James II and Robert Blake - Andrew Lambert's book stretches from the Spanish Armada to the Second World War, culminating with the spirit which led Andrew Browne Cunningham famously to declare, when the army feared he would lose too many ships, 'it takes three years to build a ship; it takes three centuries to build a tradition.'
Read more
The true story of how Britain's maritime power helped gain this country unparalleled dominance of the world's economy, Admirals celebrates the rare talents of the men who shaped the most successful fighting force in world history.
Read more
Admirals is Andrew Lambert's riveting account of the men who made the British navy an astounding military power.

Product details

ISBN
9780571231577
Published
2009-07-02
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Weight
382 gr
Height
198 mm
Width
129 mm
Thickness
14 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
528

Author
Lambert, Andrew

Biographical note

Andrew Lambert is Professor of Naval History at King's College, London, and has been described as 'the outstanding British naval historian of his generation' (David Cannadine). His books include The Foundations of Naval History (1998), Trincomalee: The Last of Nelson's Frigates (2002), Nelson: Britannia's God of War (2004), Franklin: Tragic Hero of Polar Exploration (2009), and The Challenge: Britain Against America in the Naval War of 1812 (2012). He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and his highly successful history of the British Navy, War at Sea, was broadcast on BBC2.

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