The Book of the month February 2024. The First British Empire is an authoritative, highly readable and substantial account of the origins, growth and transformation of the British Empire from its European beginnings until the aftermath of the American Revolution.

This book tracks its 32-mile length, telling its story in colour through historians, canals users, lock keepers and all those who today utilise the canal in ways its originators never conceived.

London's docks were once the busiest in Britain. They had developed piecemeal from the beginning of the nineteenth century as the existing riverside wharves became too congested and pilfering became rife. Dock systems were built on both sides of the Thames.

This interesting volume is easily accessible to those with little or no knowledge of the building and uses of boats, whether ancient or modern.

An authoritative examination of the 30-year period that covered significant changes in the history of British Petroleum Tanker Company. The Book of the Month - December 2023.

The Petrol Navy : British, American and Other Naval Motor Boats at War 1914 - 1920