Cochrane: The Fighting Captain

Biography & Memoir, Historical
Cover of the book Cochrane: The Fighting Captain by Robert Harvey, Little, Brown Book Group
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Author: Robert Harvey ISBN: 9781472107985
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group Publication: February 7, 2013
Imprint: Constable Language: English
Author: Robert Harvey
ISBN: 9781472107985
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Publication: February 7, 2013
Imprint: Constable
Language: English

The adventures of the daring Thomas Cochrane, called 'the sea wolf' by Napoleon, are so extraordinary that his life reads like a page-turning work of fiction. In one sense it became so, for the novelist Patrick O'Brian by his own admission used Cochrane as the basis for Jack Aubrey, hero of his much-loved series of naval novels.

Cochrane became a household name when in 1800 he took command of the tiny brig, the Speedy, and created mayhem in the Mediterranean earning himself and his crew a fortune in prize money. A wildly contradictory character, never less than heroic, and this lively new account of his life has sold over 7,000 copies in hardback.

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The adventures of the daring Thomas Cochrane, called 'the sea wolf' by Napoleon, are so extraordinary that his life reads like a page-turning work of fiction. In one sense it became so, for the novelist Patrick O'Brian by his own admission used Cochrane as the basis for Jack Aubrey, hero of his much-loved series of naval novels.

Cochrane became a household name when in 1800 he took command of the tiny brig, the Speedy, and created mayhem in the Mediterranean earning himself and his crew a fortune in prize money. A wildly contradictory character, never less than heroic, and this lively new account of his life has sold over 7,000 copies in hardback.

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