Description: A superbly illustrated history of the Royal Navy's World War II monitors - gunboats armed with a single, large-calibre gun turret - and their roles and battles around the world.
Brief description: Angus Konstam is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and has written widely on naval history, with well over a hundred books in print. He is a former Royal Navy officer, maritime archaeologist and museum curator, who has worked in the Royal Armouries, Tower of London, and Mel Fisher Maritime Museum. Now a full-time author and historian, he lives in Orkney.
Review Quotes:
"a readable and detailed account" --The Naval Review
"There are of course a good selection of archive photos of the ships, and the colour artwork to accompany the text is once again first class in my view." --Military Model Scene