
Ernle Bradford
Author · 23 books
Ernle Dusgate Selby Bradford was a noted British historian specializing in the Mediterranean world and naval topics. Bradford was an enthusiastic sailor himself and spent almost thirty years sailing the Mediterranean, where many of his books are set. He served in the Royal Navy during World War II, finishing as the first Lieutenant of a destroyer. He did occasional broadcast work for the BBC, was a magazine editor, and wrote many books.
Series
Books

The Sword & the Scimitar
The Saga of the Crusades
2004

The Companion Guide to the Greek Islands
1963

The Mighty Hood
1977

Hannibal
1980

The Shield and the Sword
1973

The Journeying Moon
1958

The Great Betrayal
The Great Siege of Constantinople
1967

Christopher Columbus
1973

The Sultan's Admiral
1968

Mediterranean
Portrait of a Sea
1971

The Wind Off The Island
1960

Thermopylae
The Battle for the West
1980

The Great Ship
How Battleships Changed the History of War
1988

Gibraltar
The History of a Fortress
1971

The Great Siege
Malta 1565
1961

Siege
Malta 1940-1943
1985

Nelson
The Essential Hero
1977

Drake
England's Greatest Seafarer
1965

A Wind from the North
The Life of Henry the Navigator
1960

Cleopatra
1971

Paul the Traveller
1974

Julius Caesar
The Pursuit of Power
1984

Ulysses Found
1963