Politics, Governance, and the Rise of the British Navy
by
Sarah Kinkel
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2018
“Rule Britannia! Britannia rule the waves,” goes the popular lyric. The fact that the British built the world’s greatest empire on the basis of sea power has led many to assume that the Royal Navy’s place in British life was unchallenged. Yet, as Sarah Kinkel shows, the Navy was the subject...