The Command of the Ocean
Subtitle: A Naval History of Britain, 1649-1815
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Published: May 15, 2006
Language: eng
Number of pages: 976
ISBN-13: 9780393328479
First sentence: The English Commonwealth which executed its former king Charles I on 30 January 1649 was in principle a republic governed by a sovereign Parliament, but the Parliament was the 'Rump' remaining of the Long Parliament (originally elected in 1640) after Colonel Thomas Pride's troops had purged it of all remaining opponents of military rule in December.