The Safeguard of the Sea

A splendid book – Patrick O’Brian * Daily Telegraph *
Breathtaking … a masterpiece – Geoffrey Parker * The New York Times Book Review *
The importance of this book is not only in its intrinsic interest, or its usefulness as a superb resource, but its demonstration that this island’s story cannot be told without a thorough knowledge of what happened at sea. The book teems with insights … It is a serious contribution to our history – Alan Judd * The Sunday Times *
Remarkable … will be read and reread in the years ahead … I strongly recommend it – Admiral Sir Jock Slater * The Times *
Stunning … One of the most erudite, well-written and intellectually impressive works on British history of the past decade … There is nothing quite like it, in fact, nothing remotely approaching it – Paul Kennedy * Observer *
An outstanding example of narrative history – Sunday Telegraph * Barry Unsworth *

N.A.M. Rodger is Professor of Naval History at Exeter University and Anderson Senior Research Fellow, National Maritime Museum. He is the author of The Wooden World and The Admiralty. The second volume of his naval history of Britain, The Command of the Ocean, is published this month by Allen Lane.

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