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A History of the Royal Navy (Part 2)

Ep. 15

Join Noah Tetzner as he chats with historian Daniel Allen Butler in part two of two about the history of the Royal Navy and its growth in the Victorian era. This is the final installment of Victoria's World.


Daniel Allen Butler is maritime historian and bestselling author of Unsinkable: The Full Story of RMS Titanic.

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