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Award-winning author Ned Middleton has compiled in this first volume, ten of the most exciting shipwreck tales of the world. Written in a pacy and engaging style,each shipwreck is placed in its historical context and is accompanied by an illustration by leading marine artist Rico Oldfield. From Scotland to Polynesia the wrecks covered are HMS Royal Oak, Lancastria, Polynesien, Baron Gautsch, Carnatic, USS Aaron Ward, Arctic, Andrea Doria, RMS Rhone and Mendi. Readers of all ages will be gripped by these stories of human courage and cowardice and of events tragic and inspiring.

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Ned Middleton left school at the age of 15 to join the British Army. During the next 27 years he steadily worked his way through the ranks before retiring as a major in 1993. On retiring form the Army, Ned became a professional underwater photo-journalist and author. He has penned of a number of bestselling books including Ten Years Underwater, Maltese Islands Diving Guide and, most recently, Shipwrecks from the Egyptian Red Sea which won Diver Magazine's Underwater Publication of the Year.

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