Cochrane
The Real Master and Commander
Cordingly, David
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
From the bestselling author of Under the Black Flag comes the definitive biography of Thomas Cochrane, the swashbuckling nineteenth-century maritime hero who packed [in] enough drama and history to shame both Horatio Nelson and Sir Francis Drake (Ken Rignle, Washington Post)In this fascinating account of Thomas Cochranes extraordinary life, David Cordingly (Under the Black Flag and The Billy Ruffian) unearths startling new details about the real-life Master and Commanderfrom his heroic battles against the French navy to his role in the liberation of Chile, Peru, and Brazil, and the stock exchange scandal that forced him out of England and almost ended his naval career. Drawing on previously unpublished papers, his own travels, wide reading, and original research, Cordingly tells the rip-roaring story of the archetypal Romantic hero who conquered the seas and, in the process, defined his era.
AUTHOR BIO
David Cordingly was Keeper of Pictures and Head of Exhibitions at the National Maritime Museum for twelve years, where he organized such exhibitions as Captain James Cook, Navigator, The Mutiny on the Bounty, and Pirates: Fact and Fiction. His other books include Life Among the Pirates, Seafaring Women, the highly praised The Billy Ruffian, and the bestselling Under the Black Flag. He lives by the sea in Brighton, England.
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 1596915870
ISBN(13-digit): 9781596915879
Dewey Decimal: 920
Book Publisher: St Martins Pr
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 420
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