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David Pulvertaft has a new book out  which has just been released in hardcover in the UK, Figureheads of the Royal Navy. It will be available in the US on 15 October 2011 and can be pre-ordered.

The first figureheads that were carved to represent the names of British warships appeared during the reign of Henry VIII; the last ones were carved in the early years of the twentieth century. During the intervening three hundred and fifty years it is estimated that some 5000 ships of the Royal Navy carried a figurehead of some description. This book follows the development of these diverse carvings, examining how the figurehead carvers interpreted the names

Author Naomi Novik has a new novel which is now available for pre-order in hardcover, Crucible of Gold. It will be available worldwide on 6 March 2012.

Naomi Novik's beloved series returns, with Capt. Will Laurence and his fighting dragon Temeraire once again taking to the air against the broadsides of Napoleon's forces and the friendly—and sometimes not-so-friendly—fire of British soldiers and politicians who continue to suspect them of divided loyalties, if not outright treason.

For Laurence and Temeraire, put out to pasture in Australia, it seems their part in the war has come to an

Peter Goodwin has a new book out  which is now available for pre-order in hardcover, HMS Victory Owners' Workshop Manual: An Insight Into Owning, Operating and Maintaining the Royal Navy's Oldest and Most Famous Warship. Release date 1 April 2012.

Using the tried and tested formula HMS Victory, now available in the Haynes manual format, is probably the most famous surviving historic warship in the world today. She was flagship to Admiral Lord Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, when he was killed on her quarter deck by a sniper’s bullet in Britain’s hour of victory. Maritime historian and former HMS Victory Keeper and Curator

Peter Thomas and Nicholas Tracy have a new book out  which is now available for pre-order in hardcover, Master and Madman: The Surprising Rise and Disastrous Fall of the Hon Anthony Lockwood RN. Release date 15 March 2012. Peter Thomas was Professor on English at the University of New Brunswick, Canada, who became interested in Lockwood when researching the founding of the first Welsh settlements in Canada. This research extended twenty years and before his death in 2007 he asked Nicholas Tracy to complete the work.

Anthony Lockwood's story is at the heart of the Georgian Navy though the man himself has

The Paperback version of The Invasion Year by Dewey Lambdin is now available for pre-order worldwide. It will be released on 3 January 2012.