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Commander: The Life and Exploits of Britain's Greatest Frigate Captain - Softcover

Taylor, Stephen

 
9780393347067: Commander: The Life and Exploits of Britain's Greatest Frigate Captain
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0393347060 ISBN 13: 9780393347067
Verlag: W W NORTON & CO, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

Edward Pellew, captain of the legendary Indefatigable, was quite simply the greatest British frigate captain in the age of sail. Left fatherless at age eight, with a penniless mother and five siblings, Pellew fought his way from the very bottom of the navy to fleet command. Victories and eye-catching feats won him a public following. Yet he had a gift for antagonizing his better-born peers, and he made powerful enemies. Redemption came with his last command, when he set off to do battle with the Barbary States and free thousands of European slaves. Opinion held this to be an impossible mission, and Pellew himself, leading from the front in the style of his contemporary Nelson, did not expect to survive.Pellew s humanity, fondness for subordinates, and blind love for his family, and the warmth and intimacy of his letters, make him a hugely engaging figure. Stephen Taylor gives him at last the biography he deserves.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Stephen Taylor, a former journalist working at The Times in London, is the author of Storm and Conquest and Commander. He lives in Windsor, England.

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Verlag
W W NORTON & CO
Erscheinungsdatum
2013
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0393347060
ISBN 13 
9780393347067
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
354
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