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Stephen Taylor

Commander

The Life and Exploits of Britain's Greatest Frigate Captain

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Edward Pellew, captain of the legendary Indefatigable, was quite simply the greatest British frigate captain in the age of sail. Left fatherless at age eight, with a penniless mother and five siblings, Pellew fought his way from the very bottom of the navy to fleet command. Victories and eye-catching feats won him a public following. Yet he had a gift for antagonizing his better-born peers, and 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. Opinion held this to be an impossible mission, and Pellew himself, leading from the front in th… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-393-34706-7
  • EAN: 9780393347067
  • Produktnummer: 14699469
  • Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
  • Seitenangabe: 384 S.
  • Masse: H21.2 cm x B14.3 cm x D2.8 cm 324 g
  • Gewicht: 324

Über den Autor


Stephen Taylor, a former journalist working at The Times in London, is the author of Storm and Conquest and Commander. He lives in Windsor, England.

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