Relic of the Mary Rose

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Author: Sir Peter Carew
Format: Craft Bound
Publication date: 01/12/1983
Imprint: Genesis Publications
ISBN: 9780904351279

Contributors: The Mary Rose Trust – Margaret Rule, Archaeological Director of the Mary Rose Trust
Signed by: Margaret Rule, Archaeological Director of the Mary Rose Trust
Limited edition: 750 copies (deluxe)
Binding: Full leather with gilt decoration and an inlay of beautifully polished and lacquered fine English Oak from the Mary Rose. Buckram slipcase.
Extras: An inlay of beautifully polished and lacquered fine English Oak from the Mary Rose is inset onto the cover of each copy

On the 19th July 1545, the Mary Rose – second largest ship of Henry VIII’s fleet – set sail from Spithead to challenge the French invaders. In full view of the King and his assembled forces, the great ship capsized taking with her almost 700 men.

More than four centuries later, in 1982, her hull was successfully raised from the seabed. The Mary Rose now rests, restored, only a short distance from Lord Nelson’s flagship HMS Victory in Portsmouth’s naval dockyard.

The Relic of Mary Rose is a delightful book, devoted to the story of the sinking of the Tudor ship. It contains an eye-witness account of the tragedy by Sir Peter Carew, a near relation of the Mary Rose’s ill-fated captain.

A facsimile of the 1842 edition, this exquisite miniature volume is now available again: as a strictly limited edition, each numbered, and signed by Margaret Rule, Archeological Director of the Mary Rose Trust.

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