Free (Kindle) King Henry VIII’s Mary Rose [Tudor Warship History Archaeology Memoir]

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King Henry VIII’s Mary Rose by the late British author Alexander McKee (Wikipedia, obituary @ The Independent), a journalist, military historian, and amateur diver who discovered the wreck of the Tudor warship Mary Rose, is his naval history cum underwater archaeology memoir, telling the story of said sunken Tudor warship (Wikipedia) and his own subsequent search for and discovery of the wreck and the efforts put forth towards exploring and excavating it by himself and archaeological teams, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press.

This was originally published in 1973 by Souvenir Press.

Currently free @ Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK and pretty much everywhere else Amazon sells worldwide, since this is being done via their KDP Select exclusive-or-else program)

Description
The rising of the Mary Rose in 1982 made headlines across the globe

The iconic ship was a key vessel in the startlingly rapid evolution of the wooden battleship as a floating gun platform.

After thirty-four years’ military service, Henry VIII’s revolutionary flagship sank at Spithead, taking with it the mysteries of its construction, armament and daily life.

Resisting the efforts of Venetian salvagers in the sixteenth century and pioneering divers in the nineteenth, it seemed the Mary Rose was doomed to pass from memory.

But entombed in mud and invisible to the naked eye, the Mary Rose lay patiently waiting.

In 1965, nearly a century and a half later, Alexander McKee launched his own endeavour, Project Solent Ships, and his revolutionary approach opened up a new gateway of discovery.

Science met adventure as archaeologists risked their lives diving under busy shipping lanes, laden with technology and equipment, to painstakingly explore Portsmouth’s clay plains.

Originally published in 1973, McKee combines a historian’s flair with his seabed discoveries as he pieces together the story of King Henry VIII’s Mary Rose and outlines his vision for this most famous of Tudor ships.