Focus On... Naval History

 As the First of June marks the anniversary of two major naval engagments - The Glorious First of June 1794 (or the Bataille du 13 prairial an 2) and the Battle of Jutland (or the Skagerrakschlacht) - I'm going to take the opportunity to highlight our books on naval history.

They cover all periods from antiquity to the C21st and, as a naval enthusiast myself, I can assure you there are some very good reads there.

You can see our Naval titles here

And here's a song to listen to while you browse...

Books for Trafalgar Day (And Other Times Too!)

The time has come for me to send my annual message that the best way to celebrate Trafalgar Day is to pour out a pink gin and consider what books to buy and read as the nights lengthen.*

*With apologies to our Southern Hemisphere readers.

Sadly, due to an outbreak of lurgy among the Diplomatist family, the anniversary has crept up on us and I've not been able to prepare anything by way of a special offer or interesting post. 

The best thing I could come up with was to rummage through our 'to-do' piles and clear the back-log of naval items.  Accordingly, I've added 18 new titles covering naval history from the Armada to the Soviet Navy.  What to see them and other goodies?  Go and look at our Naval Section!

New Stock

As those that follow us on Facebook already know,* we were lucky enough to buy a nice collection  of military history books this week.  I'm starting to get them online today and hope to finish within the week, so keep an eye out, particularly in our Napoleonic, Naval and World War I sections...

I hope there's something there for you!

*They know most things first - why not join them!

How to Best Celebrate Trafalgar Day?

Buy a book, of course!

You can see our Naval books here and more general Napoleonic ones here.