J D Davies Historian and Author

Pepys's Navy

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Seaforth Publishing, 2008; ISBN 1-86176-302-6

- ‘You will want to give this book to your favourite armchair seadog’ – James Srodes in The Washington Times

- ‘This superb book...not only an impressive technical publication to satisfy the dedicated researcher, it is also a jolly good read for the enthusiast’ – The Nautical Magazine

- ‘[A] magnificent and superbly illustrated volume’ – Professor Eric Grove in Navy News

- 'This superb book...well written...beautifully illustrated throughout...this outstanding book is also very good value for money. Highly recommended' - Marine News

- 'Outstanding analysis' - The Oxford Times

- 'This great vade mecum...the research embodied in this work is excellent...no student of the late seventeenth century navy can afford to be without this admirable compilation' - Professor David Loades in The Mariner's Mirror

- ‘A book which should be in the bookcase of every student of Royal Naval history...the author deserves huge congratulations for the expertise and knowledge so well recorded in this superb book’ – David Clement in South West Soundings

- ‘Fantastically detailed and comprehensive...an absolute must for anyone with an interest in the sailing navy’ – Janet Dempsey in Who Do You Think You Are? magazine

- ‘Ausgezeichnet... Ein buch, das bei niemanden in Bucherregal fehlen sollte, der sich mit den Schiffen...des 17 Jahrhunderts beschäftigt’ – Thomas Feige in Das Logbuch