Sam Willis
Author
Publisher
Quercus
Pub. Date
2011
Description
In 'The Glorious First of June' Sam Willis not only tells, with thrilling immediacy and masterly clarity, the gripping story of an epic and complex battle, he also explains its critical importance for the development of British naval tactics and the concomitant growth of British sea-power.
Author
Publisher
Quercus
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Sam Willis traces the extraordinary career of a man who lived in a time of dramatic change - from his birth in an age of Revolution, through years of service under the restored monarchy and the dynastic upheavals of 1688-9, to the final tawdry betrayal that brought a brave man low.