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The books in this section may not necessarily be naval in their entirety and are a mixture of fiction and non-fiction. Auto/biographical works, from the "Victorian Book" section, if the subject was instrumental in the promotion or the material development of the naval arms race may be included. Navy League type publications promoting the Royal Navy are here.
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Clicking here takes you to an enhanced autobiography of Admiral Sir Arthur William Moore, Royal Navy; page at camberpete.co.uk !
Click here to go to Surgeon Rear-Admiral T. T. Jeans' autobiography " Reminiscences of a Naval Surgeon " page at camberpete.co.uk !
Click for more details of " How Sailors Fight " page at camberpete.co.uk !
Click to go to Captain A. Stenzel's " THE BRITISH NAVY " a study of the Royal Navy as seen through German eyes - published in 1898 - for sale at camberpete.co.uk
Click here to go to Oswald Frewen's autobiography of his service in the Royal Navy 1902-1910 "Sailor's Soliloquy page at camberpete.co.uk!
Click to go to Captain Vladimir Semenoff's " The Battle of Tsushima " page at camberpete.co.uk !
Click here to see David Walder's general account of the Russo-Japanese War 1904-5 " The Short Victorious War " page at camberpete.co.uk !
Click to go to Richard Hough's "The Fleet that had to Die" page at camberpete.co.uk!
A pocket size book published just prior to the war promoting the German point of view. Click image for more details
The Great War of 189-Britain & Germany v France & Russia alternative History - Click this image for more details
THE COMING CONQUEST OF ENGLAND: In this novel written in 1904 August Niemann has Germany and France allying themselves with Russia and allowing her to attack and defeat the British in India. The German and French fleets challenge the Royal Navy while the Kaiser and his army land in Edinburgh and a Peace Treaty is signed at Hampton Court with India, Egypt and India being allotted to Russia, France and Germany respectively.
Click here to go to Peter Padfield's " Aim Straight - Biography of Admiral Sir Percy Scott " page at camberpete.co.uk !
A rebound pamphlet describing a French 'Pearl Harbour' type attack on the British fleet at Spithead and the Royal Navy's eventual destruction of the French Navy at a Battle off Flamborough Head
Clicking here will take you to Edwyn Gray's " The Devil's Device " page at camberpete.co.uk ! This book tells the story of the invention and developement of Robert Whitehead's torpedo.
The Great War of 189-Britain & Germany v France & Russia alternative History - Click this image for more details
Click on this image to go to Ruddock F. Mackay's " Fisher of Kilverstone " page at camberpete.co.uk !
Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman (1848-1929), one of the most able and respected naval men of his day.Trained in sail and cutlass, he rose to fly his flag in the revolutionary Dreadnought and play a crucial role in the creation of the Grand Fleet of World War I. Yet, for all his distinguished service, Bridgeman hit the headlines only once - on the occasion of his reluctant resignation in 1912 at the request of the ambitious young First Lord, Winston Churchill.
Click here to see more details of this beautifully illustrated 1907 book by H. L. Swinburne, Norman Wilkinson and J. Jellicoe !
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The Naval Annuals for 1897, 1901 and 1910. Edited by T. A. Brassey and John Leyland with many illustrations of warships by W. Fred Mitchell.

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