Jonathan Boff

When Britannia ceased to rule the waves

The final volume of N.A.M. Rodger’s magisterial history documents the gradual decline of Britain’s naval power as the empire disintegrated

HMS Lion comes into action during the Battle of Jutland, 1916. [Getty Images]

  • The Price of Victory: A Naval History of Britain, Volume 3, 1814-1945

    N.A.M. Rodger

    Allen Lane, pp. 812, £40

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