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To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World

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29H 57min
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English
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Biographies

To Rule the Waves tells the extraordinary story of how the British Royal Navy allowed one nation to rise to a level of power unprecedented in history. From the navy's beginnings under Henry VIII to the age of computer warfare and special ops, historian Arthur Herman tells the spellbinding tale of great battles at sea, heroic sailors, violent conflict, and personal tragedy—of the way one mighty institution forged a nation, an empire, and a new world.

© 2017 Recorded Books (Audiobook): 9781501931109

Release date

Audiobook: 13 January 2017

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