Welcome
to the website of author and historian Angus Konstam. What
you'll find here is a full list of Angus' previous
books, a section about the author, and details of his latest
projects.
With over 60 history books in print, Angus is a widely recognised
and much-published historian. While he specialises in military
and naval history he has also written numerous more general
history books, designed to make the subject more accessible
to a wider audience. Uniquely he has been able to draw on
his expertise as a senior museum curator who has worked
on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as on his academic
training as a historian and as a maritime archaeologist.
Angus' most recent titles include a full-length biography:
Blackbeard: America's Most Notorious
Pirate, which was published by Wiley & Sons.
of New York in early June 2006.
His latest book is a history of the Allied landings at Salerno
in September 1943 for the British publisher Pen & Sword.
He has recently finished working on a new project, Sovereigns
of the Sea: The Quest for the Renaissance Battleship.
This is due to be released in the summer of 2008.
Angus lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.
SOVEREIGNS
OF THE SEA
The Quest to Build the Perfect Renaissance Battleship
Angus Konstam
COMING
SOON
(4 Jun 2008)
The story of the first modern naval arms race, when
European monarchs vied with each other to build
the biggest and most prestigious warship afloat.
It is set at a time when the technologies of shipbuilding
and gun-founding were being transformed - a revolutionary
period in the way ships were designed and used.
For the first time guns were being carried on board
warships, and although it took time, the new weapon
would completely transform the way sea battles were
fought, and won.
The Renaissance might well have been a time of great
cultural and intellectual rebirth in Europe, spreading
like ripples from its birthplace in Italy, but it
was also a period of great political upheaval. Kingdoms
such as France and England were turning their back
on feudalism, and developing as nation states where
power was safeguarded by centralised government
and standing armies. It is against this fascinating
backdrop that our story runs its course.
Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: John Wiley
& Sons
ISBN-10: 0470116676
ISBN-13: 978-0470116678