The Rodney Papers
Volume I, 1742-1763: Selections from the Correspondence of Admiral Lord Rodney
Overbearing, avaricious and difficult, yet talented and ambitious, George Brydges Rodney has never attracted much sympathy or understanding. He was nevertheless an original thinker and one of the great admirals of the eighteenth century. The contents of this volume, the first of three, document his career from 1742 until 1763 - his private and political life. His early years as a captain were spent in the severe conditions of the North Sea and in taking privateers in the western approaches. During the peace after 1748 he was Governor of Newfoundland and in the Seven Years' War blockaded Le Havre before going, as a flag officer, to command in…
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- ISBN: 978-1-00-034084-6
- EAN: 9781000340846
- Produktnummer: 35463213
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 554 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 3'109 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
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David Syrett was formerly from the Graduate Centre, City University of New York, USA
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Volume I, 1742-1763: Selections from the Correspondence of Admiral Lord Rodney
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The Rodney Papers
Volume I, 1742-1763: Selections from the Correspondence of Admiral Lord Rodney
Volume I, 1742-1763: Selections from the Correspondence of Admiral Lord Rodney
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