Description
Product ID: | 9780571277124 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Commander |
Subtitle: | The Life and Exploits of Britain's Greatest Frigate Captain |
Authors: | Author: Stephen Taylor |
Page Count: | 368 |
Subjects: | Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: historical, political & military, Naval forces and warfare, Naval forces & warfare, United Kingdom, Great Britain |
Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. 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. |
Imprint Name: | Faber & Faber |
Publisher Name: | Faber & Faber |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2013-06-06 |