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Commander

- The Life and Exploits of Britain's Greatest Frigate Captain
Af: Stephen Taylor Engelsk Paperback

Commander

- The Life and Exploits of Britain's Greatest Frigate Captain
Af: Stephen Taylor Engelsk Paperback
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Edward Pellew, captain of the legendary Indefatigable, was quite simply the greatest frigate captain in the age of sail. An incomparable seaman, ferociously combative yet chivalrous, a master of the quarterdeck and an athlete of the tops, he was as quick to welcome a gallant foe into his cabin as to dive to the rescue of a man overboard. He is the likely model for the heroic but all-too-human Jack Aubrey in Patrick O''Brian''s novels.

Pellew was orphaned at eight, but fought his way from the very bottom of the Navy to fleet command and a viscountcy. Victories and eye-catching feats won him a public following. Yet as an outsider with a gift for antagonizing his better-born peers, 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. Contemporary opinion held this to be an impossible mission, and Pellew himself, in leading from the front in the style of his direct contemporary Nelson, did not expect to survive.

Pellew''s humanity as much as his gallantry, fondness for subordinates and blind love for his family, and the warmth and intimacy of his letters, make him a hugely engaging and sympathetic figure. In Stephen Taylor''s magnificent new life he at last has the biography he deserves.

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Edward Pellew, captain of the legendary Indefatigable, was quite simply the greatest frigate captain in the age of sail. An incomparable seaman, ferociously combative yet chivalrous, a master of the quarterdeck and an athlete of the tops, he was as quick to welcome a gallant foe into his cabin as to dive to the rescue of a man overboard. He is the likely model for the heroic but all-too-human Jack Aubrey in Patrick O''Brian''s novels.

Pellew was orphaned at eight, but fought his way from the very bottom of the Navy to fleet command and a viscountcy. Victories and eye-catching feats won him a public following. Yet as an outsider with a gift for antagonizing his better-born peers, 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. Contemporary opinion held this to be an impossible mission, and Pellew himself, in leading from the front in the style of his direct contemporary Nelson, did not expect to survive.

Pellew''s humanity as much as his gallantry, fondness for subordinates and blind love for his family, and the warmth and intimacy of his letters, make him a hugely engaging and sympathetic figure. In Stephen Taylor''s magnificent new life he at last has the biography he deserves.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 368
ISBN-13: 9780571277124
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0571277128
Kategori: Georgian & Regency Britain
Udg. Dato: 6 jun 2013
Længde: 24mm
Bredde: 128mm
Højde: 197mm
Forlag: Faber & Faber
Oplagsdato: 6 jun 2013
Forfatter(e): Stephen Taylor
Forfatter(e) Stephen Taylor

Kategori Georgian & Regency Britain

ISBN-13 9780571277124

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 368

Udgave

Længde 24mm

Bredde 128mm

Højde 197mm

Udg. Dato 6 jun 2013

Oplagsdato 6 jun 2013

Forlag Faber & Faber

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