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Leviathan - The Rise of Britain as a World Power (Paperback)
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Leviathan - The Rise of Britain as a World Power (Paperback)
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Loot Price R402
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In this paperback of his acclaimed and wide-ranging study, David
Scott challenges traditional assumptions about how Britain achieved
her global might. Shortlisted for the Duke of Westminster Medal for
Military Literature 2013 Navigating the 300 years between the Tudor
accession and the loss of the American colonies Leviathan charts
one of history's greatest transformations: the rise of Britain as
the world's most formidable maritime power. From the chaos of the
Wars of the Roses, Henry VIII's split with Rome and Oliver
Cromwell's Parliamentary regime, David Scott's masterly narrative
explodes traditional assumptions to present a much darker
interpretation of this extraordinary story. Powered by a rapidly
growing navy, a rapacious merchant marine, resilient politics,
bigotry and religious fanaticism, warmongering and slavery, this
candid book is required reading for all those wishing to understand
how Britain achieved her global might.
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