Empire of the seas

By Brian Lavery

Subjects: Great Britain. Royal Navy, Marine, Great britain, royal navy, history, Great britain, history, naval, Sea-power, Royal Navy, History, Naval History, Great Britain, Influence

Description: The year 1588 marked a turning point in our national story. Victory over the Armada transformed us into a seafaring nation and it sparked a myth that one day would become reality - that the nation's new destiny, the souce of her future wealth and power lay out on the oceans. This book tells the story of how the navy expanded from a tiny force to become the most complex industrial enterprise on earth; how the need to organise it laid the foundations of our civil service and our economy; and how it transformed out culture, our sens of national identity and our democracy.