Leviathan: The Rise of Britain as a World PowerFor viewers of BBC Ones Britain and the Sea, Leviathan is a must read; overturning long held beliefs about our ancestry and weaving together the disparate strands that made the fabric of the Empire. The 350 years between the accession of the Tudors and the beginning of the Victorian era saw one of the great transformations of any nation in history: Britain emerged from its lowly position as European underdog to become the world's only maritime