BASTARDS OF THE NORTH SEA

BASTARDS OF THE NORTH SEA is a swashbuckling work of nonfiction with the intrigue of a political thriller.

In 1966, rogue British DJ Paddy Roy Bates moved to an abandoned naval platform off the coast of England and declared the ex-base his own countrySealand. Over the next five decades, the Bates family fought naval battles, engaged with diplomats, minted its own money, and issued passports and stamps, all in an attempt to lend their sea-based empire a sense of legitimacy. Through the early struggles to make Sealand habitable, to the attempted coups, counter-coups, and multiple legal battles with the British government, the micronation not only endured, but rose to a level of prominence in the world of micronations.

BASTARDS OF THE NORTH SEA is a swashbuckling work of nonfiction with the intrigue of a political thriller.

The immersive story appeals to an audience who enjoys the works of Mary Roach and Jason Fagone, and recent books such as Doug Mack's The Not-Quite States Of America and Kory Stamper's Word By Word.