The Price of Victory
a naval history of britain: 1815?1945
$121.56
- Hardcover
976 pages
- Release Date
27 May 2025
Summary
The Royal Navy: From Trafalgar to Triumph
Across two acclaimed volumes, preeminent naval historian N. A. M. Rodger traced naval warfare’s progress in Britain from the seventh century through to Trafalgar. In this final volume, N. A. M. Rodger delivers a magisterial history of the Royal Navy, beginning after its defeat of Napoleon and concluding in 1945 with the Second World War.
At the end of the French and Napoleonic Wars, British sea power was at its apogee. But by 1840, a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780393292220 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0393292223 |
| Author: | N.A.M. Rodger |
| Publisher: | WW Norton & Co |
| Imprint: | WW Norton & Co |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 976 |
| Release Date: | 27 May 2025 |
| Weight: | 1.32kg |
| Dimensions: | 239mm x 160mm x 48mm |
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“A definitive history … at last bringing Rodger’s great work to its conclusion.” – Max Hastings - Sunday Times“With the The Price of Victory, NAM Rodger’s great history of naval warfare is complete—and this final volume is a fascinating triumph… . Five stars.” – Simon Heffer - The Telegraph“Magisterial… . A very considerable and scholarly work.” – Jonathan Boff - The Spectator
About The Author
N.A.M. Rodger
N. A. M. Rodger is emeritus fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and professor of naval history at the University of Exeter. He has been awarded the Julian Corbett Prize in Naval History, the Duke of Westminster’s Medal for Military Literature, and the Hattendorf Prize. He lives in Oxford.
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