Books by Sam Willis

The story of the first major naval battle of Britain's 'Great Wars' with France during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic period.

The drama and tragedy behind history's most infamous shipwrecks.

The stirring story of the life and 'last fight' of a forgotten British naval legend.

J.M.W. Turner's The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to her Last Berth to be Broken Up (1838) was his masterpiece. Sam Willis tells the real-life story behind this remarkable painting.

Naval warfare is vividly brought to life, from first contact through how battles were won and lost to damage repair.