"THE ISLAND NATION"

Special Book Promotion


 RETURN TO THE HOMEPAGE                                                                                                                                                                                                                              MARITIME BRITAIN

THE ISLAND NATION

~ A History of Britain and the Sea ~

 

Written by Brian Lavery

 

Foreword by Dame Ellen MacArthur

(Britain’s record breaking yachtswoman)

 

Published June 2005, R.R.P. Ł20.00

 

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The Island Nation is the official volume of the SeaBritain 2005 celebrations and is published to commemorate the 200th anniversary of The Battle of Trafalgar. It explores over 2,000 years of Britain’s maritime and naval history and its complex relationship with the sea.

 

Brian Lavery enthrals the reader with tales of great naval heroes, famous battles, legendary explorers and talented shipbuilders and architects.

 

Illustrated in colour throughout, chapters include feature boxes on particular ships, dockyards, museums or notable maritime sites, such as Chatham Dockyard, HMS Belfast and the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. It finishes with a Gazetteer of 150 maritime heritage sites.

 

Own your own copy of this outstanding volume on maritime Britain by emailing orders@chrysalisbooks.co.uk

 

This outstanding new book was officially launched at The International Festival of the Sea in Portsmouth (www.festivalofthesea.co.uk) 30th June to 3rd July 2005. We at the Maritime Britain website are delighted and honoured to have been requested to help promote this excellent book via our website (www.maritimebritain.co.uk). We highly recommend this book as a great addition to the collection of any avid reader interested in Britain’s history and our country’s great maritime past, present and future. This book will surely be very popular so we encourage you to get a copy soon while stocks last.

 

Useful Website Links:

 

Chrysalis Books

www.chrysalisbooks.co.uk

 

The Royal Navy

www.royal-navy.mod.uk


HMS Victory

www.hms-victory.com


The International Festival of the Sea 2005, Portsmouth

www.festivalofthesea.co.uk

 

SeaBritain2005

www.seabritain2005.com


Ordnance Survey - The Trafalgar Way

www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/media/news/2005/march/trafalgarwaymap.html/

 

Transport Britain website

www.transportbritain.co.uk


Maritime Britain website

www.maritimebritain.co.uk

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