• Ernle Bradford

    Agent : Bill Hamilton

    Ernle Bradford was born in Norfolk on 11 January 1922, and was educated at Uppingham School. He joined the Royal Navy as a volunteer at eighteen and served with distinction for the duration of the war, emerging as a first lieutenant. He began writing at sixteen, and is the author of many books. He was a broadcaster for the BBC and a magazine editor, and his hobbies included sailing, fishing, reading classical history and poetry, and collecting antiques.

    Works by Ernle Bradford include:
    The Story of the Mary Rose
    The Mighty Hood
    Ulysses Found
    The Mediterranean: Portrait of a Sea
    The Shield and the Sword: The Knights of St. John
    The Sword and the Scimitar: The Saga of the Crusades

    Biographies:
    Southward the Caravels: The Story of Henry the Navigator
    Drake
    The Sultan’s Admiral: The Life of Barbarossa
    Nelson

Books by Ernle Bradford