Kamikaze
History's Greatest Naval Disaster
- Published: 1 July 2010
- ISBN: 9781409088349
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 256
Engaging and highly readable
Guardian
James Delgado does a splendid job as a cultural historian in showing how the legend of a brave but doomed defence, supported by the intervention of the gods, shaped national identity over seven centuries
Tablet
One finishes the book ready to strap on mask and tanks to dive for the buried remains of the shops that still hold more Mongol secrets
Times Literary Supplement
This is history at its best - the world's greatest naval disaster brought to vivid life by a rare combination of personal experience and rigorous scholarship.
John Man
Through brilliant and painstaking research Delgado has brought Khubilai Khan's lost fleet to the surface, showing for the first time the true nature of the doomed adventure.
Stephen Turnbull
Terrific ... a fascinating adventure tale packed with insights into a maritime empire about which most Westerners know almost nothing.
Nathaniel Philbrick
Delgado has long been my favourite author on maritime history
Literary Review
Delgado's knowledge of water and his archaeological passion for retrieving what history has scattered across sea beds from San Francisco to Vietnam
Literary Review
Dredging not only the sea but also historical records, Delgado tells us something new - some of it speculative but most of it richly authentic - about a great nautical adventure
The Times