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  • The Naval Mutinies of 1798

    The Irish Plot to Seize the Channel Fleet

    by Philip MacDougall ...
    The United Irish plot in 1798 aimed to capture British warships, revealing a lesser-known aspect of Irish rebellion history. For Ireland, the year 1798 saw a major rebellion breaking out against rule from London, a time in which Britain was in its fifth year of a hard-fought war against revolutionary France. Set in motion by the Society of United Irishmen, an underground organization with links to ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Portsmouth: A Potted History

    by Philip MacDougall ...
    Series series A Potted History
    Portsmouth is primarily known for its long-term association with the Royal Navy, the naval dockyard at one time the world’s largest employer of a civilian workforce. Yet there is much more to Portsmouth than being home to Britain’s Senior Service. In Portsmouth: A Potted History, the city’s Roman and Saxon origins on Portsea Island are traced, alongside its rapid growth from the twelfth century ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Chatham: A Potted History

    by Philip MacDougall ...
    Series series A Potted History
    Chatham is primarily known for its long-term association with the Royal Navy; its naval dockyard at one time was one of the world’s largest employers of a civilian workforce. Yet there is much more to Chatham than being home to the Royal Navy. This book presents the history of the town of Chatham, including those who lived alongside the dockyard and those who supported the artisans and labourers ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Lost Gillingham

    by Philip MacDougall ...
    Series series Lost
    The town of Gillingham in Kent grew up around the Royal Navy’s Chatham Dockyard. By the River Medway, this had been an important maritime area for centuries but it was only in the nineteenth century that the small settlement grew into a town. A large proportion of the town’s workforce and businesses depended on the dockyard, so its closure in the 1980s meant that the town had to rethink its focus. ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Portsmouth's Military Heritage

    by Philip MacDougall ...
    Series series Military Heritage
    The dockyard at Portsmouth was founded by Henry VII, developing into a naval base that was essentially the nation’s most important military establishment. Here, in times of war, huge fleets were assembled and the harbour that lay alongside the dockyard witnessed the constant arrival and departure of ships engaged in convoy duties, blockading and attacking enemy ports or intercepting hostile ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Chichester History Tour

    by Philip MacDougall ...
    Series series History Tour
    Chichester History Tour is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this famous West Sussex town. This is an exciting guided walk around the town, its well-known places and hidden corners, and explains what they meant to local people throughout the nineteenth and into the twentieth century. Readers are invited to follow a timeline of events and watch the changing face of Chichester as ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Chatham History Tour

    by Philip MacDougall ...
    Series series History Tour
    Chatham History Tour is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this historic Kentish town and its former dockyard, now a major tourist attraction. This book guides us through the streets and alleyways, showing how its famous landmarks used to look and how they’ve changed over the years, as well as exploring its lesser-known sights and hidden corners. With the help of a handy location map ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Chatham Through Time

    by Philip MacDougall ...
    Series series Through Time
    Chatham is a town that has been undergoing change for the last five hundred years. It all began with the arrival of the naval dockyard in the sixteenth century. From this, a town was created which began to grow with the rapidity of a Chatham built warship. The site of the former dockyard is still under development and in the town major changes are not only underway but others are in the pipeline ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Chichester Murders & Misdemeanours

    by Philip MacDougall ...
    Series series Murders & Misdemeanours
    A look at the dark side of life, Victorian-style, when nothing was quite as it seemed and a public execution could be an entertaining family day out. Murderers, poachers, thieves, pickpockets and vagabonds all went about their business with impunity. Crime took place on the streets, on public transport, in homes, pubs, prisons, asylums, workhouses and brothels - it was all part of everyday life in ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Chichester Through Time

    by Philip MacDougall ...
    Series series Through Time
    Chichester is a city with an unbroken history that stretches back to Roman times or earlier. Its main city streets follow the original pattern laid out almost two thousand years ago while the buildings that line many of those streets, when not medieval in origin, most frequently date to Georgian or Victorian times. The changing use of these structures and the activities of their occupiers is the ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Portsmouth Dockyard Through Time

    by Philip MacDougall ...
    Series series Through Time
    Portsmouth Dockyard has a long and distinguished history. Functioning in a naval capacity since 1495, although more active as a dockyard from the Victorian period, few other places have such a prominent place in Britain’s naval history. The dockyard is the oldest that the Royal Navy has, and boasts one of the oldest dry docks in the world; today it features as a major tourist attraction. In this ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Lost Chatham

    by Philip MacDougall ...
    Series series Lost
    Chatham, lying on the River Medway in Kent, grew up around its naval dockyard, various army barracks and fortifications. Over the years the face of Chatham has changed: buildings lost, many once occupied by artisans and labourers, shops, chapels and residences removed due to extensive road projects, and cinemas and theatres now replaced or redeveloped. Impossible to ignore is the town’s history as ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD