Hornblower's Historical Shipmates
The Young Gentlemen of Pellew's Indefatigable
This book sets out the lives of seventeen 'young gentlemen' who were midshipmen under the famous Captain Sir Edward Pellew. Together, aboard the frigate HMS Indefatigable, they fought a celebrated action in 1797 against the French ship of the line Les Droits de l'Homme. C. S. Forester, the historical novelist, placed his famous hero, Horatio Hornblower, aboard Pellew's ship as a midshipman, so this book tells, as it were, the actual stories of Hornblower's real-life shipmates. And what stories they were! From diverse backgrounds, aristocratic and humble, they bonded closely withPellew, learned their naval leadership skills from him, and benef…
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Weitere Autoren: Campbell, Lorna M.
- ISBN: 978-1-78204-884-8
- EAN: 9781782048848
- Produktnummer: 21432167
- Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 260 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 6'703 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
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