Nelson’s Pathfinders
£25.00The remarkable story of how a handful of intrepid scientific navigators underpinned British naval dominance in the conflict with Napoleon
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Victory at Sea
£18.99A sweeping, lavishly illustrated one-volume history of the rise of American naval power during World War II
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Escape the Titanic
£9.99Escape The Titanic with this exciting illustrated book that has you climbing up the decks by solving puzzles to keep afloat? against all odds.
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Smoke and ashes
£22.00When Amitav Ghosh began the research for his monumental cycle of novels, ‘The Ibis Trilogy’, ten years ago, he was startled to find how the lives of the 19th century sailors and soldiers he wrote of were dictated not only by the currents of the Indian Ocean, but also by the precious commodity carried in enormous quantities on those currents: opium. Most surprising at all, however, was the discovery that his own identity and family history was swept up in the story. ‘Smoke and Ashes’ is at once a travelogue, memoir and an essay in history, drawing on decades of archival research. In it, Ghosh traces the transformative effect the opium trade had on Britain, India, and China, as well as the world at large.
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A history of the world in twelve shipwrecks
£25.00Drawing on decades of experience excavating shipwrecks around the world, renowned maritime archeologist David Gibbins reveals the riches beneath the waves and shows us how the treasures found there can be a porthole to the past to tell a new story about the world and its underwater secrets.
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Adventurers
£11.99The unlikely beginnings of the East India Company–from Tudor origins and rivalry with the superior Dutch–to laying the groundwork for future British expansion
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The Wager
£10.99From the international bestselling author of KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON and THE LOST CITY OF Z, a mesmerising story of shipwreck, mutiny and murder, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth.
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The search
£10.99In 2016, archaeologist John Henry Phillips was volunteering with a charity that took D-Day veterans back to Normandy. Due to an administrative error he found himself without a hotel room and reliant on the generosity of one of the veterans who had a spare bed. That veteran was Patrick Thomas – it was an encounter that would change both their lives forever. Patrick’s landing craft, LCH 185, had led the first wave into Sword Beach on D-Day, and stayed off Normandy until the 25th June when an acoustic mine sent it to the seabed along with most of the crew. His story transfixed John, and the resulting search for the shipwreck was to consume him. Jumping back and forwards in time, between vivid descriptions of 19-year-old Patrick’s final days on board LCH 185 and John’s thrilling search to find the shipwreck, ‘The Search’ is an emotional story of a devastating time in history.
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The ship beneath the ice
£10.99The Ship Beneath the Ice is the extraordinary story of how the world’s most famous shipwreck was found, told by the search’s Director of Exploration.