Captain Bernard Edwards spent 37 years at sea with the Merchant Navy commanding ships trading worldwide before retiring to pursue his second career as a Naval historian. He first went to sea at the age of seventeen in 1944 as a cadet with Clan Line Steamers. After the war he served with Palm Line in the West African trade and spent fourteen years in command of ships of the United Arab Shipping Company, sailing mainly in the Indian Ocean and Far Eastern waters. His knowledge of the sea and ships has enabled him to become one of the most popular and prolific authors and he is well established as an internationally recognised front rank naval historian.
Age of Sail: Non-Fiction
AOS Naval Non-Fiction |
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| Royal Navy Versus the Slave Traders | Enforcing Abolition at Sea 1808-1898 | |
Modern Era: Non-Fiction
Modern Era Naval Non-Fiction |
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| Year | Book | Comment |
| The Twilight of the U-boat | The story of U-223 and the declining fortunes of the U-boat arm | |
| The Road to Russia | Arctic Convoys 1942 | |
| Beware Raiders! | German Surface Raiders in the Second World War | |
| The Quiet Heroes aka They Sank the Red Dragon | British Merchant Seamen at War | |
| Convoy Will Scatter | The Full Story of Jervis Bay and Convoy HX84 | |
| War of the U-Boats | British Merchantmen Under Fire | |
| Donitz and the Wolf Packs | The U-Boats at War | |
| The Wolf Packs Gather | Mayhem in the Western Approaches 1940 | |
| Attack & Sink | The Battle of the Atlantic Summer 1941 | |
| Blood and Bushido | Japanese Atrocities at Sea 1941-45 | |
| Japan's Blitzkrieg | The Allied Collapse in the East 1941-42 | |
| Death in the Doldrums | U Cruisers Off West Africa | |
| Salvo! | Classic Naval Gun Actions | |
| The Cruel Sea Retold | The Truth Behind Monsarrat's Epic Convoy Drama | |
| War Under the Red Ensign 1914-1918 | Charts the progress of the war at sea | |
| From Hunter to Hunted | The U-Boat War in the Atlantic 1939–1943 | |
| The Decoys | A Tale of Three Atlantic Convoys 1942 | |
| U-Boats Beyond Biscay | Dönitz Looks to New Horizons | |
| Death in Deep Waters | Hitler's U-boat Menace | |
Modern Era Other Non-Fiction |
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| Return of the Coffin Ships | The Derbyshire Enigma | |
| The Grey Widow-Maker | Tweny-four disasters at Sea | |
| S.O.S. | Men Against the Sea | |
| Survivors of Enemy Action | Experiences of Merchant Seamen, 1939 1945 | |
| Churchill's Thin Grey Line | British Merchant Ships at War 1939–1945 | |
| Running the Gauntlet | Cargo Liners Under Fire 1939–1945 | |