Local community notices, events, local job vacancies and information for the residents and visitors to Ferryside
Local community notices, events, local job vacancies and information for the residents and visitors to Ferryside
This month our speaker is
Dr J D Davies Historian and Author
Chair, the Society for Nautical Research, snr.org.uk
Fellow of the Society of Nautical Research, and of the Royal Historical Society
Website and blog – jddavies.com Twitter – @quintonjournals Facebook – jddaviesmaritime
Winner of the Anderson Prize for 2017, and of a Certificate of Merit for the 2017 Mountbatten Award, for Kings of the Sea: Charles II, James II and the Royal Navy
Winner of the 2009 Samuel Pepys Prize for Pepys’s Navy: Ships, Men and Warfare 1649-89
Shortlisted for the 2013 Mountbatten Award for Britannia’s Dragon: A Naval History of Wales
Latest titles:
Philippe Kermorvant series: The Cursed Shore (Canelo 2024), Sailor of Liberty, Tyranny’s Bloody Standard (Canelo 2023)
The Naval History of Wales: Unleashing Britannia’s Dragon ((The History Press 2023)