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December 04, 2005
More fame?
A pleasant surprise on Monday night was to arrive home (eventually - after a nightmare journey taking three and half hours to cover a 45 minute drive!! Another story for some other time!) to find an unexpected package. It contained a newly published book, in Italian (which I don't read or speak!), on ship types and their development. It is, from what little I am able to decipher, a "Compact Guide to Ships and their history." The title is "Navi e Velieri" published by DeAgostini and edited by Ricardo Magrini.
Now you may well ask why I would get a copy of this book. The simple answer is that it has a photograph in it of the preserved Victorian "Iron Frigate", HMS Warrior, which I took a couple of years ago and shared on this blog. The book's Illustrations Editor, Valeria Camaschella contacted me by e-mail via the blog, and asked for permission to use the picture and for a fresh copy. Flattered I gave my consent and a copy of the picture, asking only that I receive credit for it! I am flattered that they have not only done this, but provided me with a copy of the book as well.
HMS Warrior moored in Portsmouth.
Just goes to show, perhaps the readership of this site is wider than I thought!
Posted by The Gray Monk at December 4, 2005 09:26 AM
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congrats
Posted by: skipjack at December 5, 2005 02:42 AM
Wow Dad, why didn't you tell us? And how many times have you been published now?
Posted by: groendraak at January 18, 2006 04:31 PM