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A compelling and entertaining history of Welsh naval history

About the Author

J.D. Davies is a leading authority on British seventeenth-century naval history. His naval non-fiction book Pepys's Navy won the Samuel Pepys prize in 2009. He is chairman of the Naval Dockyards Society, a vice president of the Navy Records Society, a member of the Council of the Society for Nautical Research, and a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.