The Warship Mary Rose: The Life and Times of King Henry VIII's Flagship - Hardcover

Childs, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1861762674 ISBN 13: 9781861762672

Publisher: Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal, 2007

Synopsis

The raising of the Mary Rose in 1982 made headline news. As an archaeological event it ranked alongside Schliemanns excavations at Troy or Arthur Evanss discovery of Knossos, and so much information has since been gleaned from the wreck and its contents that there is an overwhelming tendency to treat the ship as a "time-capsule", like some Tudor burial site. But the Mary Rose is not just an archaeological relic. She is a warship that was revolutionary in her time and, despite being most famous for her loss in battle, a ship that had served her monarch for 34 years, almost the length of his reign.

This book tells the full story of the construction and career of the ship, placing it firmly within the colorful context of Tudor politics, court life and the developing administration of a permanent navy. However, it also brings the story down to the present day, with chapters on the recovery and the new ideas and information thrown up by the massive program of archaeological work since undertaken.

Written by the Development Director of The Mary Rose Trust and heavily illustrated from the massive resources of the Trust, this is a book which will appeal to general reader and specialist alike.

About this title

About the Author:

David Childs is the Development Director of the Mary Rose Trust, currently responsible for the design and layout of the new museum which will bring together for the first time the remains of the ship and the vast range of artifacts recovered from the wreck site. He is a long-term student of maritime affairs, has written many articles on the period, and won the Naval History Prize for a study of Drake's circumnavigation.

About this edition

• Publisher: Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1861762674
• ISBN 13: 9781861762672
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224