{"product_id":"how-we-found-the-mary-rose-paperback","title":"How We Found the Mary Rose - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlexander McKee\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe remarkable true story of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe discovery and excavation of the Tudor warship \u003ci\u003eMary Rose\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIdeal for readers of David Childs, Brian Lavery and Douglas McElvogue, and everyone interested in British naval history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn October 1982, Henry VIII's flagship \u003ci\u003eMary Rose\u003c\/i\u003e finally broke the surface off the coast of Portsmouth after more than 400 years on the seabed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer dramatic sinking during an engagement with the French fleet in July 1545, under the very eyes of King Henry VIII, had been a disaster at the time, but for the team that finally found the Tudor warship it was a scene of jubilation after long years of searching. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere diver and author Alexander McKee details how he and a small team of dedicated amateur divers, all willing to work without pay at weekends, risked their lives diving under busy shipping lanes and in treacherous weather to painstakingly search for the ship that nobody believed was there - and found her, in what became the most important maritime archaeological project in British history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow We Found the Mary Rose\u003c\/i\u003e tells the remarkable story of the ship herself: her thirty-four years of service at sea and her final sinking during the Battle of the Solent; the subsequent attempts to salvage the historic wreck, and McKee's own seventeen years of research and excavation in quest of a dream that came true. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'This is the perfect adventure story. In Alexander McKee, diver and author of popular histories, there are all the elements of the hero out of boys' comics. He went against accepted theories when he started looking for the ship he had heard of as a boy on the Isle of Wight. His attempt became a joke, but deep in the silt McKee found the \u003ci\u003eMary\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eRose\u003c\/i\u003e.' - Byron Rogers, \u003ci\u003eSunday\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMagazine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'This is the most accessible account of the \u003ci\u003eMary Rose\u003c\/i\u003e.' - submerged.co.uk\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 220\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 20, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52631003038003,"sku":"9780854950119","price":24.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/uda9pjkHO59780854950119.webp?v=1762170809","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/how-we-found-the-mary-rose-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}