Books by Stephen A. Royle

The Port Hamilton Affair saw the English navy seize the Nam How Islands and the harbour between them. Intended to prevent increasing Russian influence in the Pacific, the incident involved Japan, China and Korea in a geopolitical struggle that lasted for almost two years. This is the first book to examine the affair in detail.

This book gives a comprehensive survey of 'islandness' and its defining features. It considers how islands' small scale, isolation and often lack of resources have affected them in the present day and in the past.