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Admiral Collingwood: Nelson's Own Hero

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Admiral Collingwood: Nelson's Own Hero

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Bloomsbury presents Admiral Collingwood by Max Adams, read by James Lailey.

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 26 May 2026
Format Audiobook
Duration 10 hours and 48 minutes
ISBN 9781035926558
Imprint Head of Zeus
Series Great Lives
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Author

Max Adams

Max Adams is a writer, archaeologist and woodsman…

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