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Best books… Roy Adkins The historian picks his favourite books connected to Gibraltar. His new book, Gibraltar, co-written with Lesley Adkins – marking the 240th anniversary of the Great Siege – is now out in paperback (Abacus £12.99) Brothers at Arms by Larrie D. Ferreiro, 2016 (Vintage £13.99). Ferreiro shows how America’s independence was won thanks to the financial and military assistance of France and Spain. Some of the fiercest fighting of the American Revolution was in Europe, culminating in 1782 with a floating battery attack on Gibraltar during the Great Siege. The Royal Navy at Gibraltar by Tito Benady, 1992 (out of print). This highly readable book charts the long association of Gibraltar with the Royal Navy, from its capture in 1704, through to the Battle of Trafalgar and up to the…

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