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1.		Jack Tar: Life in Nelson's Navy from Little, Brown Price: £14.00 Customer Review: If you read only one book of history this year that commemorates the 250th anniversary of the birth of Nelson, read Jack Tar. During the Great War (1793-1815), the Royal Navy was the backbone of the defence of the British Isles and took a major part in the final victory. Just as the... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

2.		Empires of the Sea: The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521-1580 from Faber and Faber Price: £12.00 Customer Review: Crowley does an extraordinary job putting together three extraordinary stories that marked the 16th Century in the Mediterranean: The siege of Rhodes, the siege of Malta, and the Battle of Lepanto. These stories, especially that of the siege of Malta, makes the book read like a novel, most... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

3.		3 Commando Brigade from Ebury Press Price: £9.99 Customer Review: I can only echo the good reviews of this book and demonstrates yet again the heroism and professionalism of our armed forces.I've read "apache","3 para" and "into the killing zone" recently and never fail to be awe struck by the people in our armed services.The book itself covers 3 Commando Brigades... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

4.		Sailing's Strangest Moments: Extraordinary But True Tales from Over 900 Years of Sailing (Strangest) from Robson Books Ltd Price: £5.49 Customer Review: Now i'm a slow reader - and i mean really slow!. But i managed to tackle this short story book in a weekend because quite simply i couldn't put it down!. Its not the sort of book i usually go for but i saw it in a shop whilst at the seaside and liked the idea of reading some sea related short... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

5.		Battle at Sea: 3000 Years of Naval Warfare from Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd Price: £12.50 Customer Review: This book provides encyclopaedic and colourful detail on almost every aspect of naval warfare and much else besides. I read of naval battles in remote parts and many ages ago that I have never heard of. My ignorance of those in Korean and Japanese waters and even on the Great Lakes of North... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

6.		1421: The Year China Discovered the World from Bantam Books Price: £6.94 Customer Review: There is such a thing as a work of fantasy. This is book is just that. No evidence whatsoever. No proof. No circumstantial evidence. Pure tosh from start to finish. This is no more history than books on Atlantis are history. Do youselves a favour - if Sino-European history interests you, buy a... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

7.		Admirals from Faber and Faber Price: £12.00	Click here for more information

8.		1434: The Year a Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance from HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Price: £10.43 Customer Review: Garbage. That's what this is. Garbage. It's bad enough that the fore-runner to this book was swallowed hook, line, and sinker by the gullible thousands; but for a sequel, even more outlandish in its thesis, to receive a similar welcome is a poor reflection on the intelligence of the average... more info	Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

9.		Fighting Ships 1750-1850 from Quercus Publishing Plc Price: £18.09 Customer Review: This is a book of pictures of naval ships from 1750 to 1850. The format is alternating pages of text and pictures. The text supporting the following picture. The text is informative and splendidly readable but forget about that, thats not really important. This book weighs a freaking... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

10.		Europe Between the Oceans: 9000 BC to AD 1000 from Yale University Press Price: £28.50	Click here for more information

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