"N. A. M. Rodger provides reassessments of such famous figures as Pepys, Hawke, Howe, and St. Vincent.

Covering policy, strategy, ships, recruitment and weapons, this is a superb tapestry of nearly 1,000 years of maritime history. 'No other historian has examined the subject in anything like the detail found here.

The Wooden World provides the most complete history of a navy at any age, and is sure to be an indispensable volume for all fans of Patrick O'Brian, English history, and naval history.

The articles collected here (two appearing for the first time in English) cover a number of topics central to naval history and illustrate the author's contention that this is not only, or even chiefly, a distinct area of special study, but ...

Here is a book that is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of England's navy and of the eighteenth century in general.

This edition contains documents from the seventeenth century to the Second World War.

"This book is intended as a guide to the official records of the Royal Navy ... which are concerned wholly or largely with named individual officers or ratings."--Page 1.