This British author and historian specialized in naval history, exploring global naval forces. His war novels and biographies sold in huge numbers worldwide, examining themes like Churchill's naval battles. He utilized his expertise as the official historian of the Mountbatten family to delve into military conflicts.
Their Private and Public Lives
A brilliant dual biography of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. British historian Hough goes beyond their complex personal lives to examine their historical importance as a bridge between the Victorian and the Modern Ages, particularly Edward's role in positioning Britain on the side of the Allies on the eve of WWI. Illus. Family trees.
H.M.S. Dreadnought was the wonder of the Edwardian Age: mighty, magnificent, overwhelmingly powerful in her size, her speed, her ten 12-inch guns, and her protection of armor. She was the model of imperialism, the status symbol supreme, the ultimate deterrent of the era before the bomber. Not only was the launching of H.M.S. Dreadnought the most important naval event in the period before World War I, but her construction aroused international controversy and drew into the naval race not only Germany and England but the United States, Italy, France, and Japan as well.