The Rattlesnake by Jordan Goodman. Published by Faber and Faber 358 pages, illustrated.ISBN 1 5712 1973 2 Reviewed by Graeme Andrews. Who was Owen Stanley that he could get a ...
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Book Review: Captain Eric Nave, Australian Codebreaker
A Man of Intelligence – The Life of Captain Eric Nave, Australian Codebreaker Extraordinary By Dr Ian Pfennigwerth, Captain, RAN (Rtd) Reviewed by LCDR Ron Robb, RAN (Rtd) This book ...
Book Review: A Man of Intelligence -The Life of Eric Nave
A Man of Intelligence – The Life of Captain Eric Nave, Australian Codebreaker Extraordinary. By Dr Ian Pfennigwerth, Captain, RAN (Rtd). Publisher Rosenberg Publishing P/L, Dural, 2006. Reviewed by LCDR ...
Book Review: Forgotten Fleet 2
Forgotten Fleet 2 By Bill and Ruth Lunney Forfleet Publishing, Medowie NSW 2318. ISBN 0 9751683 0 4. rrp $50.00 plus $8.00 p&p. Available from the publisher at 7 Wade ...
Book Review: Compass
Compass by Alan Gurney W.W. Norton & Company, New York, 2005. rrp A$30.00 Reviewed by Tony Howland In the year 1552, one John Hamilton wrote ‘a skipper can not guide ...
Book Review: Jack Aubrey triple pack
Jack Aubrey Commands – An Historical Companion to the Naval Work of Patrick O’Brian By Brian Lavery Patrick O’Brian’s Navy – The Illustrated Companion to Jack Aubrey’s World Richard O’Neill ...
Book Review: The Voyage of HMS Herald 1861
The Voyage of HMS Herald 1861. By LCDR Andrew David RN. Miegunyah Press, (The Miegunyah Press is an imprint of Melbourne University Press). This is the authoritative account of one ...
Book Review: A Merciful Journey
Merciful Journey – Recollections of a World War II Patrol Boat Man – by Marsden Hordern – The Miegunyah Press – imprint of Melbourne University Publishing Ltd., 2005. The distinguished ...
Book Review: Warship 2005
Editor John Jordan. Conway Maritime Press, London W10 CSI’, UK. Sadly the founding editor of this excellent series, Antony Preston, passed away as this edition, the 27th volume, was going ...
Book Review: Flip Side War
Title: Flip Side War: Recollections of the author’s experiences in the RAN, World War II Author: Ean McDonald Publisher: Hesperian Press – Carlisle WA 6101 ISBN 0 85905 353 9 ...