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From renowned underwater archaeologist David Gibbins comes an exciting and rich narrative of human history told through the archaeological discoveries of twelve shipwrecks across time.. The Viking warship of King Cnut the Great. Henry VIII's the Mary Rose. Captain John Franklin's doomed HMS Terror. The SS Gairsoppa, destroyed by a Nazi U-boat in the Atlantic during World War II.Since we first set sail on the open sea, ships and their wrecks have been an inevitable part of human history. Archaeologists have made spectacular discoveries excavating these sunken ships, their protective underwater cocoon keeping evidence of past civilizations preserved. Now, for the first time, world renowned maritime archeologist David Gibbins ties together the stories of some of the most significant shipwrecks in time to form a single overarching narrative of world history.
About the Author
David Gibbins is the author of eleven novels that have sold over three million copies in thirty languages. He has been on both the New York Times and the London Sunday Times top-ten bestseller lists, and his international success includes having being Newsweek number one bestseller in Poland. He has written nine novels in his Jack Howard series of archaeological adventures as well as two novels in his Total War series set in the ancient world. David has a PhD in archaeology from Cambridge University, is a passionate diver and derives much of the inspiration for his novels from the many expeditions he has led around the world to investigate historic shipwrecks and other sites. His awards have included a Fellowship and Medallion from the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. For his latest wreck discovery see http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-38307727.For more on David and his novels visit www.davidgibbins.com and Facebook/DavidGibbinsAuthor.
