Angus KonstamWelcome 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

 
sovereigns of the sea
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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



 
 
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