Maritime - Wartime

How the Royal Navy Shaped his Bestsellers

It is no coincidence that many of Alistair MacLean's most successful novels were sea stories. In 1941, he was called up after volunteering for the Royal Navy and served as Ordinary Seaman, Able Seaman, and Leading Torpedo Operator. 

Author: Mark Simmons.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 193pp. 16x24x2cm.

ISBN: 9781399019385

Weight: 500g.

Original Price: £20.00

Building a Fleet for Empire 1744–1763

Despite a supreme belief in itself, the Royal Navy of the early eighteenth century was becoming over-confident and outdated, and it had more than its share of disasters and miscarriages including the devastating sickness in Admiral Hosier’s fleet in 1727; failure at Cartagena, and an embarrassing action off Toulon in 1744. Anson’s great circumnavigation, though presented as a triumph, was achieved at huge cost in ships and lives.

Author: Brian Lavery.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 208pp. 25.4x29.5x2cm.

ISBN: 9781399002882

Weight: 1.45kg.

Original Price: £40.00

Aboard HMS Antrim at War

This is the untold story of the Falklands War as experienced by a below-decks seaman on one of the most important ships to be despatched to the South Atlantic. 

Author: David Yates.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 201pp. 15.6x23.3x1.8cm.

ISBN: 9781844156245

Weight: 400g.

Original Price: £14.99

Author: R A Burt

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 352pp. 24cm by 28cm.

ISBN: 9781399096560

Weight: 1.53kg

Original Price: £25.00

An in-depth look at the early days of the Second World War for the British Cruiser fleet.

Author: Alan Raven.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 320pp. 22cm by 26cm.

ISBN 9781526747631

Original Price: £35.00

The 'ShipCraft' series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types.

Author: Les Brown

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 64pp. 21.5cm by 29cm.

ISBN: 9781848320239

Weight: 361g

Original Price: £14.99

The John Lambert collection -Vol 3: Coastal Forces Weapons.

Author: Norman Friedman.

Publisher: Seaforth Publishing.

Hardback. 208pp. 25cm by 30cm.

ISBN 9781526777102

Original Price: £40.00

Cruisers 1865-1939, Part 1 - The Perkins Identification Albums.

Author: Richard Perkins

Publisher: Seaforth Publishing

Hardback. 192pp. 30.5cm by 40.5cm.

ISBN: 9781473891456

Weight: 2.36

Original Price: £60.00

Cruisers 1865-1939, Part 2 - The Perkins Identification Albums.

Author: Richard Perkins

Publisher: Seaforth Publishing

Hardback. 192pp. 30.5cm by 39.5cm.

ISBN: 9781473891494

Weight: 2.38kg

Original Price: £60.00

Submarines, Gunboats, Sloops and Minesweepers, 1860-1939 - The Perkins Identification Albums.

Author: Richard Perkins

Publisher: Seaforth Publishing

Hardback. 264pp. 30.5cm by 40.5cm.

ISBN: 9781526711168

Weight: 3.08kg

Original Price: £70.00

This is the extraordinary and, as yet, untold story of how the crew of a luxury ocean liner — waiters, cooks, nurses and cleaners — found themselves suddenly thrust onto the front line.

Author: Andrew Vine

Publisher: Quarto Publishing

Paperback. 320pp. 13cm by 20cm.

ISBN: 9780711276161

Weight: 264g

Original Price: £9.99

While Churchill may not have described the convoys as the worst journey in the world', for the brave men who undertook he mission often at the cost of their lives, it most definitely was.

Author: William Smith

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 256pp. 16cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399072298

Weight: 524g

Original Price: £25.00