Cochrane : The Life and Exploits of a Fighting Captain : Signed : Second printing

Harvey, Robert

ISBN 10: 1841191620 / ISBN 13: 9781841191621

Published by Constable, London, United Kingdom, 2000

About this Item

Second British printing, 2000. With original unclipped jacket (£16.99). Jacket still has the 'Signed by the author' band to front. Signed by the author in black ink directly to tile page without dedication. Index. Illustrated. Jacket has very minor patchy edge/shelf wear, the odd small scratch and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine and to corners. Boards are near fine with a hint of pushing to corners and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Small crease to top corner of a few pages. Top of pages have the odd very small mark/spot of foxing. Pages slightly tanned. No other faults. A nice copy. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cochrane : The Life and Exploits of a Fighting Captain : Signed : Second printing
• Publisher: Constable, London, United Kingdom
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841191620
• ISBN 13: 9781841191621
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 2nd Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

This is an account of the life and adventures of the daring seaman Thomas Cochrane, who rose from midshipman to admiral and was called "the sea wolf" by Napoleon. His exploits were so compelling that the novelist Patrick O'Brian used them as the basis for the character Jack Aubrey, the main protagonist of naval novels set during the Napoleonic War. Thomas Cochrane was framed in a Stock Exchange scandal, sentenced to the pillory, escaped prison by means of a rope and fled the country to become a mercenary admiral fighting for independence. Off the coast of Chile, Peru, Brazil and Greece, always outnumbered and outgunned, he became a legend of daring and courage. On one occasion he chased the entire Portuguese fleet in a single ship.

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