Cochrane: The Real Master and Commander - Softcover

Cordingly, David

 
9781596915879: Cochrane: The Real Master and Commander

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Furnishes an in-depth portrait of Thomas Cochrane, the swashbuckling, nineteenth-century maritime hero who served as a model for such fictional characters as Jack Aubrey and Horatio Hornblower, drawing on previously unpublished sources to document his exploits against the French navy and in the liberation of South America, as well as the scandal that almost ended his naval career. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

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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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ISBN 10:  1582345341 ISBN 13:  9781582345345
Verlag: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, 2007
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