Reading Ben Wilson's Empire of the Deep

Is Ben Wilson's Empire of the Deep worth reading?

Yes, with reservations about some judgments and recognition that a broad naval history cannot cover everything.

Ben Wilson's Empire of the Deep receives a qualified recommendation as a history of the rise and fall of the British Navy. There is worthwhile material to read even where another historian disagrees with its judgments. A work covering such a broad subject necessarily leaves things out. Those omissions need to be considered alongside the limits of what one book can contain.