Flag and Fleet: How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas

by William Wood

EN·~7 hours·10 chapters

Chapters

10 total

THE SEA IS HIS

1:11

[Frontispiece: VIKING MAN-OF-WAR.]

0:02

FLAG AND FLEET - HOW THE BRITISH NAVY WON THE FREEDOM OF THE SEAS

4:26

ILLUSTRATIONS

2:22

FLAG AND FLEET

0:01

BOOK I THE ROWING AGE

1:32:44

BOOK II THE SAILING AGE

1:18:46

PART II - THE DUTCH WAR

14:12

PART III - THE FRENCH WAR

1:32:19

BOOK III - THE AGE OF STEAM AND STEEL

3:09:30

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Duration

~7 hours (456K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Al Haines

Release date

Nov 17, 2006

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19849

Subjects

Great Britain -- History, Naval Sea-power DA

About the author

William Wood

1864–1947

A lively Canadian historian, soldier, and naturalist, he wrote popular history with a strong sense of drama and detail. His books often explored key moments in early Canadian and North American history, especially the War of 1812 and the struggle for Canada.

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