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Admiral Collingwood: Nelson's Own Hero
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Admiral Lord Collingwood, the eldest son of a Newcastle merchant, went to sea in 1761 at the age of thirteen. In his nearly fifty years in the Navy he rose to become a fine seaman, a master of gunnery, a battle commander the equal of his friend – and rival in love – Nelson. He was also an accomplished writer and wit, a doting father, inveterate gossip and consummate diplomat and strategist.
Collingwood's service took him to Boston, where he lived and fought during the American War of Independence; to Antigua, where he and Nelson both fell in love with Mary Moutray; to Corsica; Sicily; and Menorca, where he began as a young midshipman and ended his career as the effective viceroy of the Mediterranean.
ADMIRAL COLLINGWOOD is an intimate portrait of a forgotten British naval hero and a thrilling portrait of the glory years of the age of sail.
Product details
| Published | Mar 12 2015 |
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| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 368 |
| ISBN | 9781784081935 |
| Imprint | Head of Zeus |
| Illustrations | 16pp col illus |
| Series | Great Lives |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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