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.

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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.

The Arctic Whalers

£24.00

The glamorous Arctic whaling and the amazing life of the whale hunters in their fight to wrest a fortune from the pitiless Northern sea and treacherous ice flow made the quarterdeck of a whaler the acme of their ambition to the boys of Hull, Whitby and Dundee, of Peterhead and Aberdeen.

A Child Under Sail

£9.95

A true story about the young daughter of a ship's Captain and her adventures at sea.