History
Maritime history is an essential part of British history, and we offer memoirs from life at sea as well as beautiful coffee table books.
We stock many interesting publications from well-known publishers such as Seaforth Publishing or Conway but also stock independent self-published titles.
Otto Kretschmer by Lawrence Paterson
£25.00
The life of the Third Reich's highest scoring U-boat commander
The Opium Clippers
£24.00
Of all the sea trades engaged in by man from the times of the Phoenicians right down to the present day, that of the opium traffic into China was one of the most risky and adventurous.
The Nitrate Clippers
£22.00
A history of the Sailing ships would be far from complete without some account of the trade to the West Coast of South America.
The Convict Ships 1787 - 1868
£20.00
Through the reading of over six hundred journals of surgeons employed in the convict ships to Australia, Charles Bateson has been able to add much additional detail to his authoritative and fascinating story of this little-known field of maritime history.