BRITANNIA'S DRAGON A NAVAL HISTORY OF WALES
Written by J.D. Davies
Published by The History Press
in 2013
ISBN: 9780752470139
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- WALES
- NAVY
- MILITARY
BRITANNIA'S DRAGON A NAVAL HISTORY OF WALES
Written by J.D. Davies.
Stock no. 2132480
1st.
2013.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Green cloth covered boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780752470139. Big bump to bottom edge of rear cover. Contents are still excellent!
Front cover
Contents
- Preface
- A Note on Terminology and Conventions
- Introduction
- 1. Sea of my Fathers: To 1485
- 2. 'From the Welsh, Good Lord, Deliver Me': 1485-c.1688
- 3. Dragon Rampant: c. 1688-1793
- 4. The Last Invasion of Britain: Wales, Nelson and Naval Defence, 1793-1815
- 5. The Welsh in Nelson's Navy, 1793-1815
- 6. His Majesty's Royal Dockyard: Pembroke Dock, 1814-2008
- 7. Pioneers and Patagonia: The Welsh Naval Presence Abroad
- 8. Pax Cambrensis: Wales and the Victorian Navy
- 9. The War to end all Wars
- 10. Tra Mor Yn Fur I'r Bur Hoff Bau: The Naval Defence of Wales, 1939-45
- 11. The Welsh in Churchill's Navy, 1939-45
- 12. Wales and the Navy, 1945 to present
- Conclusion
- Index