Author: Moorhouse, Geoffrey, 1931-2009.
Publication year: 2005
Format: Hardback
Publisher: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson,
Resource type: Physical
ISBN: 9780297645443 (hbk.) :
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English History
Inheriting no more than seven warships from his father, Henry VIII expanded the fleet to 53 ships manned by almost 8,000 sailors. In this book, Geoffrey Moorhouse considers Henry VIII's role in making England a first-rate seapower.
Description: xxviii, 372 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 24 cm.