Every harbour and estuary is filled with ghostly ships, the famous and the legendary now redundant in the aftermath of the war. In this uneasy peace, Adam Bolitho is fortunate to be offered the seventy-four gun Athena, and as flag captain to Vice-Admiral Sir Graham Bethune once more follows his destiny to the Caribbean.

Patrick O'Brian, C.S. Forester and Captain Marryat all based their literary heroes on Thomas Cochrane, but as David Cordingly shows, Cochrane's own real life exploits were far more daring and exciting than those of his fictional counterparts.

This work tells of the life and adventures of the daring seaman Thomas Cochrane, who rose from midshipman to admiral and was called The Sea Wolf by Napoleon.

Captain Blackwood of the Royal Marines rejoins his ship in the August of 1850, anxious to get back into action. 'Per Mare-Per Terram' is the Marines' motto, and in the heat of Africa, Blackwood and his men learn to obey it without question.

Richard Bolitho is the master of a captured French flagship the Argonaute. His orders are to leave Falmouth and participate in the war following the breakdown of the Peace of Amiens. He and his men hold no quarter nor ask for one.

When a shipwreck and disaster overtakes a ship, a 100-mile reef off the coast of Africa becomes a powerful symbol of crisis and survival, claiming alike the innocent and the damned.

John Sugden interweaves graphic accounts of Nelson's famous victories at the battles of the Nile, Copenhagen and Trafalgar with his lesser-known yet equally gripping campaigns to liberate the Italian states from French domination and his role in the blockade of Malta, often snatching remarkable triumphs from crippling reverses. But behind his military prowess was a man riven with paradoxes and schisms at the very heart of his personal life. Nelson...

'H.M.S Surprise' follows Captain Jack Aubrey's career in Nelson's navy as he attempts to hold his ground against colleagues and the enemy, after accepting a commission to convey a British ambassador to the East Indies.

Minna Lacey writes the remarkable story of Horatio Nelson, one of the greatest naval commanders of all time, from boy sailor to beloved national hero. The book is packed with colour images, diagrams, maps, and a cutaway of Nelson's most famous ship - HMS Victory.

Collingwood went to sea as a 13-year-old and died at sea aged 62 - he literally gave his life to the Navy. Based on original log books and diaries, this biography details his life story, from the American War of Independence to the victory over Napoleon's navy.