Publications
Books
The British Museum Maritime History of Britain and Ireland c 400-2001,
British Museum Press, London 2003
"Lucid and concise; it is both an essential work of reference and a splendidly enjoyable read."
Roy Clare, Director of National Maritime Museum, Greenwich (review in Waterstone's Books Quarterly, 2003)
"...the first successful attempt to cover so vast a topic in so brief a space... a short, handy and reliable encyclopaedia... an excellent introduction to a subject of undying fascination and importance."
Professor Geoffrey Scammell, Pembroke College, Cambridge (review in Mariner's Mirror, 2004)
The Good Ship. Ships, Shipbuilding and Technology in England 1200-1520,
British Museum Press, London and Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1995
"This is a first-class work of history... necessary reading, I suggest, not only for the medievalists but also for all those whose work is concerned with the development of shipping."
Basil Greenhill, formerly Director of National Maritime Museum, Greenwich (review in Mariner's Mirror, 1996)
"A most important contribution to a neglected subject."
N A M Rodger, The Safeguard of the Sea (1997)
Co-author with Rebecca Fardell, Littlehampton.
The Archive Photographs Series Chalford, Glos. 1998
Co-editor (with M J Rodriguez-Salgado and others), Armada 1588-1988, Official Catalogue of the National Maritime Museum Exhibition,
Penguin, London 1988 (also a major contributor, including sections on the English fleet and army, the course of the campaign and many catalogue entries)