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Ian Friel

    Le plan rita
    Britain and the Ocean Road
    Breaking Seas, Broken Ships
    Henry V's Navy
    Hoakes Island. A Fiendish Puzzle Adventure
    Maritime History of Britain and Ireland, C. 400-2001
    • 2021

      The sea has played an important part in shaping Britain's identity, and the country has long needed to look outwards, not inwards, for its trade and security.

      Breaking Seas, Broken Ships
    • 2020

      Britain and the Ocean Road

      • 224 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      The sea has played an important part in shaping Britain's identity, and the country has long needed to look outwards, not inwards, for its trade and security.

      Britain and the Ocean Road
    • 2020

      Henry V's Navy

      • 224 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      Agincourt is amongst the greatest victories in British history. Henry V's Navy is about the men, ships and technology that got him there

      Henry V's Navy
    • 2018

      Henry Hoakes has gone missing and Hoakes Island Amusement Park is in grave danger. This notebook, a hastily assembled collection of journal entries, notes, puzzles, and clues, is the only key to find out what's happened to Henry and stop the dastardly developers who want to knock down the park.  Solve the puzzles and discover keys and clues as you travel around the island on a quest to rescue Rita the anteater, Granville the gorilla, and the rest of the talking animals who live there. It's a race against time that only a puzzle master can win!This ingenious and immersive puzzle adventure comes with a fold-out map of Hoakes Island and a special red lens that you must use to discover secret messages and clues. Can you solve the mystery and save Hoakes Island? We're counting on you!

      Hoakes Island. A Fiendish Puzzle Adventure
    • 2003

      The first comprehensive, one-volume account of the maritime history of the British Isles from the early Middle Ages to the dawn of the 21st century. Ian Friel defines 'maritime history' broadly to encompass naval developments, sea trade, exploration and colonisation, fishing, social history, the technology of shipbuilding and a host of other themes related to the ways in which maritime activity has affected the history of Britain. Conversely, he examines the ways in which British seafaring enterprise has affected the world, for good and ill

      Maritime History of Britain and Ireland, C. 400-2001