Admiral Lord Cochrane MEMOIRS OF A FIGHTING CAPTAIN Folio Society 2007
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Admiral Lord Cochrane MEMOIRS OF A FIGHTING CAPTAIN Folio Society 2007
Third folio printing slipcased hardback of MEMOIRS OF A FIGHTING CAPTAIN by Admiral Lord Cochrane (Introduced by Brian Vale). Published by The Folio Society in 2007.The book is in near fine condition (Bound in buckram with gilt lettering to spine and decoration to front) with no significant wear. Illustrated slipcase is in near fine condition with only light creasing to the top and bottom of the open edges. Internally, the pages are clean and tight with no tears or inscriptions.
The extraordinary life of Admiral Lord Cochrane (1775-1860), later 10th Earl of Dundonald. He was a daring and successful captain of the Napoleonic Wars, leading the French to nickname him Le Loup des Mers (The Sea Wolf or The Wolf of the Seas). He was dismissed from the Royal Navy in 1814, following a conviction for fraud on the Stock Exchange and he then served in the rebel navies of Chile, Brazil and Greece during their respective wars of independence. In 1832, he was pardoned and reinstated in the Royal Navy with the rank of Rear Admiral of the Blue. After several further promotions, he died in 1860 with the rank of Admiral of the Red, and the honorary title of Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom. His life and exploits served as inspiration for the naval fiction of nineteenth and twentieth-century novelists, particularly C. S. Foresters Horatio Hornblower and Patrick OBrians Jack Aubrey.
311 pages including Frontispiece, illustrations and Further Reading, plus Introduction, Editorial Note and Maps.
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