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  • Recovering Naval Power

    Henry Maydman and the Revival of the Royal Navy

    Edited by Geoffrey Till, John Hattendorf ...
    Series series Cass Series: Naval Policy and History
    This book offers a new edition of Henry Maydman’s work Naval Speculations with a detailed commentary by two leading experts on its importance to the naval issues of the 21st century.Written at a revolutionary and troubling time, Maydman’s 1691 book offers an analysis of the state of the Royal Navy at the time, together with a set of recommendations for its improvement. It not only tells us a good ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

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  • 1666

    Plague, War and Hellfire

    by Rebecca Rideal ...
    "This is a lovely little history elucidating important events seminal to London and British history." ― San Francisco Book Review1666 was a watershed year for England. An outbreak of the Great Plague, the eruption of the second Dutch War, and the devastating Great Fire of London all struck the country in rapid succession and with devastating repercussions.Shedding light on these dramatic events ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Four Days' Battle of 1666

    The Greatest Sea Fight of the Age of Sail

    by Frank L. Fox ...
    "An excellent piece of work, not just as an account of the Four Days' Battle itself but also for its account of the entire Second Anglo-Dutch War" (HistoryOfWar.org).On June 1, 1666, a large but outnumbered English fleet engaged the Dutch off the mouth of the Thames in a colossal battle that was to involve nearly 200 ships and last four days. False intelligence had led the English to divide their ... Read more

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  • Adventurers

    The Improbable Rise of the East India Company: 1550-1650

    by David Howarth ...
    The unlikely beginnings of the East India Company—from Tudor origins and rivalry with the superior Dutch—to laying the groundwork for future British expansionThe East India Company was the largest commercial enterprise in British history, yet its roots in Tudor England are often overlooked. The Tudor revolution in commerce led ambitious merchants to search for new forms of investment, not least in ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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  • The Dutch in the Medway

    by P. G. Rogers ...
    The daring raid on the Medway in June 1667, when the Dutch navigated the treacherous shoals and sandbanks of the Thames estuary and the Medway in order to attack King Charles's ships laid up below Chatham, was one of the worst defeats in the Royal Navy's history, and a serious blow to the pride of the English crown. Perhaps the greatest humiliation was the removal by the Dutch of the flagshipRoyal ... Read more

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  • An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

    A Selected Edition

    by Adam Smith ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    This edition contains generous selections from all five volumes of The Wealth of Nations, and places Smith's inquiry into its historical, intellectual, and cultural context. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Invading America

    The English Assault on the New World, 1497–1630

    by David Childs ...
    A fascinating examination of why England failed for so long to colonize North America, in contrast to Spain's rapid conquest farther south.Within a generation of Columbus's first landfall in the Caribbean, Spain ruled an empire in central and south America many times the size of the home country. In stark contrast, after a century of struggle, and numerous disasters, English colonizing efforts ... Read more

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  • The History of the Rebellion: A new selection

    A new selection

    by Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'I am doing your Majesty some service here, whilst I am preparing the story of your sufferings; that posterity may know by whose default the nation was even overwhelmed with calamities, and by whose virtue it was redeemed.' Clarendon's massive History has since its first publication in 1702-4 dominated our images of the English Civil War. Written by a man who for over a quarter of a century was ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Fleeting Empire: Early Stuart Britain and the Merchant Adventurers to Canada

    Early Stuart Britain and the Merchant Adventurers to Canada

    by Andrew Nicholls ...
    Before the future of North American rule was decided by the battle between British and French forces on the Plains of Abraham, Britain’s emerging imperial interests were represented by ambitious merchants and privateers. A Fleeting Empire examines the lives and exploits of early European adventurers in North America, revealing the murky mix of self-interest, patriotism, and adventure that ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Elizabethan Society

    High and Low Life, 1558–1603

    by Mr Derek Wilson ...
    The reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603) marked a golden age in English history. There was a musical and literary renaissance, most famously and enduringly in the form of the plays of Shakespeare (2016 marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death), and it was a period of international expansion and naval triumph over the Spanish. It was also a period of internal peace following the violent ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Life of Oliver Cromwell

    by Robert Southey ...
    Why was Oliver Cromwell selected as one of the ten greatest Britons of all time in a BBC poll? And yet, why was his corpse dug up, hung in chains and beheaded? Read on.It's the case with every great man in history that we don't know how he became great. Steve Jobs. Churchill. Jesus. Muhammad. But how? What shaped their character? What paved the way for them to rise into such a position that we ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • An History of Birmingham (1783)

    Unveiling Birmingham's Industrial Past and Urban Transformation in the 18th Century

    by William Hutton ...
    In "An History of Birmingham" (1783), William Hutton presents a meticulous chronicle of Birmingham's development, from its medieval origins to its status as a burgeoning industrial center in the late 18th century. Hutton'Äôs narrative style is characterized by a blend of vivid descriptiveness and objective analysis, reflecting the Enlightenment ideals of empirical observation and reason. He ... Read more

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