Great Naval Battles of the Ancient Greek World by Owen Rees
Title: Great Naval Battles of the Ancient Greek World Author: Owen Rees Genre: Naval History / Ancient History Publisher: Pen & Sword Military Release Date: January 10, 2019 Format: Hardcover Pages: 218 To put is bluntly, this book is solid, well-organized, and very thorough. It doesn’t necessarily break new ground, but that’s not bad in […]
Barons of the Sea – Steven Ujifusa
Title: Barons of the Sea Author: Steven Ujifusa Genre: History Publisher: Simon & Schuster Release Date: July 17, 2018 Format: Hardcover Pages: 448 The tl;dr version of this review is, simply, go read this book. Less time reading a random review, more time to spend on learning about clipper ships and the men who built them, […]
Hannibal – Patrick N. Hunt
Title: Hannibal Author: Patrick N. Hunt Genre: Biography/History Publisher: Simon & Schuster Release Date: July 11, 2017 Format: Hardcover Pages: 384 pages From the outset here, I’ll forgive you for questioning why a book about Hannibal is being reviewed on a podcast about maritime history. Initially I wasn’t even sure that there would be a […]
The Sailing Frigate: A History in Ship Models – Robert Gardiner
Title: The Sailing Frigate: A History in Ship Models Author: Robert Gardiner Genre: Naval History Publisher: Seaforth Publishing Release Date: February 2, 2016 Format: Paperback Pages: 128 As far as pure history books go, The Sailing Frigate: A History in Ship Models is a bit on the light side. But, as far as visual/illustrative histories of […]
Early Ships and Seafaring: European Water Transport – Seán McGrail
Title: Early Ships and Seafaring: European Water Transport Author: Seán McGrail Genre: History/Archaeology Publisher: Pen & Sword Archaeology Release Date: December 3, 2014 Format: Hardcover Pages: 192 At first glance, this first volume in Professor McGrail’s two-volume treatment of early ships and seafaring may seem too short to give the subject matter proper coverage. We must, however, […]
