From the Book - 1st American ed.
The three seas (660-899; ships 660-1066)
The first English empires (900-1066)
The partition of Britain (1066-1204)
The fall of the House of Anjou (operations 1204-1266; administration 1204-1216)
Ships of war (Ships 1066-1455)
The northern wars (operations 1266-1336)
Edward III at sea (operations 1336-1360)
Decline and fall (operations 1360-1410)
The chief support of the kingdom (administration 1216-1410)
Captains and admirals (social history 1204-1455)
The end of the empire (operations 1410-1455; administration 1420-1455)
Change and decay (1456-1509)
Departed dreams (operations 1509-1523)
Precarious isolation (operations 1523-1550)
The flower of England's garland (operations 1550-1572)
The galley and the galleon (ships 1509-1602)
The council of the marine (administration 1509-1574)
The Spanish War (operations 1572-1587)
The advantage of time and place (operations 1588)
The method of Jason (operations 1589-1603)
The path to fame (social history: officers 1509-1603)
Sailors for my money (social history: men 1509-1603)
The undertakings of a maiden queen (administration 1574-1603)
No more Drakes (operations 1603-1630)
The inward cause of all disorders (administration 1603-1630)
A diamond in his crown (operations and administration 1630-1639; ships 1603-1639)
One and all (social history 1603-1639)
The fall of three kingdoms (1640-1649)
