The Nautical Puzzle Book

Dr Gareth Moore

Hodder & Stoughton

£14.99

Such a good idea! This puzzle book from the National Maritime Museum offers 250 pages of brainteasers which are inspired by the NMM collections and also test general nautical knowledge. Word puzzles, maritime trivia, code-breaking, pictorial observations are all included with plenty of supplementary information and images from the museum’s collections. The challenges are accessible to different age groups (if I were planning a children’s excursion I’d raid this book) but the depth and precision of nautical lore ensures that everyone will learn something. At the time of writing the both the museums in Greenwich and Falmouth are open, reorganised for socially distanced visits, but for long winter evenings in the family bubble I recommend this book.