C R Benstead: 3 books
by C. R. Benstead
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2011
In this unusual book, Benstead tells how the men of the British Isles have matched their skill and courage against the menace of the surrounding sea. The fishermen, life-boatmen, the smugglers and hovellers, the men of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Service and the pilots of Trinity House - these...
by C. R. Benstead
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2011
The story of Cambridge is one of curious conflict: an unrelenting struggle for independence by a squalid fenland settlement, which entirely changed its purpose as, down the centuries, a great University grew in its midst. Yet it was this unwelcome intruder, seen today as an island of ancient glory...
by C. R. Benstead
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2011
The author says this book is a profound study of our incomparable Navy, and indeed it is, but the guileless solemnity with which he presents and explains a wealth of untoward incident combines Norfield's innocently literal interpretations to make it just as diverting as it is profound.
Beyond...