From the boats of the Saxons through the Plantagenet fleets, the Tudor founding of a royal navy, Elizabeth’s sea-dogs, the Dutch wars and Rodney’s victories, Kingston traces how Britain’s sea power was built age by age. Alongside the battles he describes ships, shipbuilding, commerce and the customs and hardships of the sailors themselves.
A prolific writer of boys’ sea stories turns to naval history, in an edition brought up to 1900 after his death. Download the free EPUB.