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Angus Konstam
Author · 83 books
Angus Konstam hails from the Orkney islands and is the author of over 80 books. He has written a number of books on the naval campaigns of World War Two, including The Battle of North Cape and Battleship Bismarck as well as The Spanish Armada 1588, Lepanto 1571 and Taranto 1940 in the Osprey Campaign series. A former naval officer and museum professional, he served as the Curator of Weapons at the Royal Armouries in the Tower of London and the Chief Curator of the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum in Key West, Florida. He now works as a full time author and historian and lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Series

Books

Historical Atlas of the Crusades book cover

Historical Atlas of the Crusades

2002

Tudor Warships (1) book cover

Tudor Warships (1)

Henry VIII's Navy

2008

Confederate Ironclad 1861-65 book cover

Confederate Ironclad 1861-65

2001

Atlas of Medieval Europe book cover

Atlas of Medieval Europe

2000

River Plate 1939 book cover

River Plate 1939

The sinking of the Graf Spee

2016

British Napoleonic Ship-of-the-Line book cover

British Napoleonic Ship-of-the-Line

2001

Scourge of the Seas book cover

Scourge of the Seas

Buccaneers, Pirates & Privateers

2007

Scapa Flow book cover

Scapa Flow

The Defences of Britain’s Great Fleet Anchorage 1914–45

2009

British Battleships 1914-18 (2) book cover

British Battleships 1914-18 (2)

The Super Dreadnoughts

2013

Poltava 1709 book cover

Poltava 1709

Russia Comes of Age

1994

Bannockburn book cover

Bannockburn

Scotland's Greatest Battle for Independence

2014

Sink the Tirpitz 1942-1944 book cover

Sink the Tirpitz 1942-1944

The RAF and Fleet Air Arm Duel with Germany's Mighty Battleship

2018

Jutland 1916 book cover

Jutland 1916

Twelve Hours to Win the War

2016

Ghost Ships book cover

Ghost Ships

Tales of Abandoned, Doomed, and Haunted Vessels

2005

British Light Cruisers 1939-45 book cover

British Light Cruisers 1939-45

2012

Pirates of the Seven Seas book cover

Pirates of the Seven Seas

2011

Mutiny on the Spanish Main book cover

Mutiny on the Spanish Main

HMS Hermione and the Royal Navy's revenge

2020

Pirates book cover

Pirates

2001

World Atlas of Pirates book cover

World Atlas of Pirates

Treasures And Treachery On The Seven Seas--In Maps, Tall Tales, And Pictures

2009

Sinking Force Z 1941 book cover

Sinking Force Z 1941

The day the Imperial Japanese Navy killed the battleship

2021

Pirates book cover

Pirates

The Complete History from 1300 BC to the Present Day

2011

Lepanto 1571 book cover

Lepanto 1571

The Greatest Naval Battle of the Renaissance

2003

The Pirate World book cover

The Pirate World

A History of the Most Notorious Sea Robbers

2019

The Great Expedition book cover

The Great Expedition

Sir Francis Drake on the Spanish Main 1585-86

2011

British Battleships 1939-45 (1) book cover

British Battleships 1939-45 (1)

Queen Elizabeth and Royal Sovereign Classes

2009

Big Guns in the Atlantic book cover

Big Guns in the Atlantic

Germany's battleships and cruisers raid the convoys, 1939-41

2021

Hunt the Bismarck book cover

Hunt the Bismarck

The Pursuit of Germany's Most Famous Battleship

2003

Pavia 1525 book cover

Pavia 1525

The Climax of the Italian Wars

1996

The Pirate Ship 1660-1730 book cover

The Pirate Ship 1660-1730

2003

Strongholds of the Picts book cover

Strongholds of the Picts

The Fortifications of Dark Age Scotland

2010

Historical Atlas of the Celtic World book cover

Historical Atlas of the Celtic World

2001

Pirate book cover

Pirate

The Golden Age

2011

Union Monitor 1861-65 book cover

Union Monitor 1861-65

2002

Buccaneers, 1620-1700 book cover

Buccaneers, 1620-1700

2000

British Battleships 1914-18 (1) book cover

British Battleships 1914-18 (1)

The Early Dreadnoughts

2013

British Motor Gun Boat 1939-45 book cover

British Motor Gun Boat 1939-45

2010

Salerno 1943 book cover

Salerno 1943

The Allies invade southern Italy

2013

Confederate Submarines and Torpedo Vessels 1861-65 book cover

Confederate Submarines and Torpedo Vessels 1861-65

2004

Naval Miscellany book cover

Naval Miscellany

2010

Seven Days Battles 1862 book cover

Seven Days Battles 1862

2004

Pirates 1660-1730 book cover

Pirates 1660-1730

1998

British Forts in the Age of Arthur book cover

British Forts in the Age of Arthur

2008

American Civil War Fortifications (1) book cover

American Civil War Fortifications (1)

Coastal brick and stone forts

2003

Historical Atlas of the Napoleonic Era book cover

Historical Atlas of the Napoleonic Era

2003

Privateers & Pirates 1730-1830 book cover

Privateers & Pirates 1730-1830

2001

Elizabethan Sea Dogs 1560-1605 book cover

Elizabethan Sea Dogs 1560-1605

2000

Ship Spotter's Guide book cover

Ship Spotter's Guide

2014

Historical Atlas of Exploration book cover

Historical Atlas of Exploration

1492-1600

2000

The History of Pirates book cover

The History of Pirates

1999

Mississippi River Gunboats of the American Civil War 1861-65 book cover

Mississippi River Gunboats of the American Civil War 1861-65

2002

San Juan Hill 1898 book cover

San Juan Hill 1898

America's Emergence as a World Power

1998

Taranto 1940 book cover

Taranto 1940

The Fleet Air Arm's precursor to Pearl Harbor

2015

Sovereigns of the Sea book cover

Sovereigns of the Sea

The Quest to Build the Perfect Renaissance Battleship

2008

The Armada Campaign 1588 book cover

The Armada Campaign 1588

The Great Enterprise Against England

2001

Renaissance War Galley 1470-1590 book cover

Renaissance War Galley 1470-1590

2002

British Motor Gun Boat book cover

British Motor Gun Boat

1939-45

2003

Spanish Galleon 1530-1690 book cover

Spanish Galleon 1530-1690

2004

The Bismarck 1941 book cover

The Bismarck 1941

Hunting Germany's greatest battleship

2011

The Forts of Celtic Britain book cover

The Forts of Celtic Britain

2006

Union River Ironclad 1861-65 book cover

Union River Ironclad 1861-65

2002

Hampton Roads 1862 book cover

Hampton Roads 1862

Clash of the Ironclads

2002

Ancient World Commanders book cover

Ancient World Commanders

2009

Historical Atlas of the Viking World book cover

Historical Atlas of the Viking World

2002

The Barbary Pirates 15th-17th Centuries book cover

The Barbary Pirates 15th-17th Centuries

2016

British Destroyers 1939-45 book cover

British Destroyers 1939-45

Pre-War Classes

2017

Marlborough book cover

Marlborough

2006

The Spanish Armada book cover

The Spanish Armada

The Great Enterprise against England 1588

2001

Confederate Blockade Runner 1861-65 book cover

Confederate Blockade Runner 1861-65

2004

Piracy book cover

Piracy

The Complete History

2008

The Battle of North Cape book cover

The Battle of North Cape

The Death Ride of the Scharnhorst, 1943

2009

British Destroyers 1939-1945 book cover

British Destroyers 1939-1945

Wartime-built Classes

2017

British Battleships 1939-45 (2) book cover

British Battleships 1939-45 (2)

2003

Blackbeard's Last Fight book cover

Blackbeard's Last Fight

2013

Blackbeard book cover

Blackbeard

America's Most Notorious Pirate

2006

U-47 in Scapa Flow book cover

U-47 in Scapa Flow

The Sinking of HMS Royal Oak 1939

2015

British Heavy Cruisers 1939-45 book cover

British Heavy Cruisers 1939-45

2012

Tudor Warships (2) book cover

Tudor Warships (2)

Elizabeth I's Navy

2008

Byzantine Warship vs Arab Warship book cover

Byzantine Warship vs Arab Warship

7th-11th centuries

2015

Fair Oaks 1862 book cover

Fair Oaks 1862

McClellan's Peninsula Campaign

2003

Peter the Great's Army (1) book cover

Peter the Great's Army (1)

Infantry

1993

Guilford Courthouse 1781 book cover

Guilford Courthouse 1781

Lord Cornwallis's Ruinous Victory

2002

Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece book cover

Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece

2003

Salerno 1943 book cover

Salerno 1943

The Allied Invasion of Italy

2007

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