Can anyone recommend any books on the history of the Royal Navy? I'm particularly interested in the period from about 1650 to 1750. Claire

The Navy of Britain: A Historical Portrait by Michael Lewis gives an excellent broad overview of the service from 1520 to 1945. It covers your period particularly well and is very good on the social history aspect. On 19 Aug 2008, at 07:59, Claire Wickens wrote: Can anyone recommend any books on the history of the Royal Navy? I'm particularly interested in the period from about 1650 to 1750. Claire

A good place to start is with Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy) - while not all information on Wikipedia is accurate because it is publicly editable, it does lead you on to written and other online sources for particular periods/events/ships, etc. Good luck! Tony 9967 On 19/08/2008, Claire Wickens <clairewickens@waitrose.com> wrote: > Can anyone recommend any books on the history of the Royal Navy? I'm particularly interested in the period from about 1650 to 1750. > > Claire > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >