Maritime history

The shipping forecast

‘The Shipping Forecast’ on Radio 4 has been keeping people up to date with the latest changes to British weather for a century, and capturing our hearts and imaginations along the way. ...

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The Price of Victory

£40.00

At the end of the French and Napoleonic wars, British sea-power was at its apogee. But by 1840, as one contemporary commentator put it, the Admiralty was full of ‘intellects becalmed in the s...

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Wonders in the deep

£30.00

An awe-inspiring deep-dive into the treasures found on the sea floor and what they reveal about our past.

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Ocean

£30.00

Informed by the author’s extensive travels in and around the Atlantic Ocean, crossing Newfoundland’s Grand Banks, the Sea of Darkness and the weed-covered Sargasso Sea to make landfall ...

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Sailing alone

£12.99

Sailing on a boat by yourself out at sea and out of sight of land can be exhilarating or terrifying, compelling or tedious – sometimes it can be all of these things just in one morning. It is...

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The Penguin book of pirates

£14.99

Spanning three centuries and eight thousand nautical miles, and compiled by a direct descendant of a sailor who waged war with pirates in the early nineteenth century, ‘The Penguin Book of Pi...

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To save every one

£25.00

?The remarkable 200-year history of The RNLI and their invaluable role in British Maritime history. A beautiful book of kindness, courage, and community to treasure for years to co...

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The Wager

£10.99

From the internationalÂ bestselling author of KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON and THE LOST CITY OF Z, a mesmerising story of shipwreck, mutiny and murder, culminating in a court martialÂ that reveal...

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The Lamplighters

£9.99

Inspired by true events, The Lamplighters is the story of three men who vanish from a remote lighthouse. Twenty years later, the mystery of their disappearance still haunts the heartbroken w...

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This magnificent book is the largest ever created on the outstanding collection of pictures of the Gibson Family, with almost 100 exceptional images presented as never before alongside text by Carl...

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Surviving the Storms

£10.99

‘There’s water in the engine,’ he said. ‘The engine has stopped.’
This changed everything?

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Seaside 100: A History of the British Seaside in 100 Objects

£14.99

Sandcastles, donkeys, piers and sticks of rock. Beach huts, paddle steamers, promenade shelters and ice cream cones. Our modern seaside is the sum of its parts and all those parts have their histor...

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Seashaken Houses: A Lighthouse History from Eddystone to Fastnet

£10.99

Lighthouses are striking totems of our relationship to the sea. For many, they encapsulate a romantic vision of solitary homes amongst the waves, but their original purpose was much more utilitaria...

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