Memoirs of a Fighting Captain - Folio Society edition

Third printing. Octavo; hardcover, with blue cloth gilt decorated boards and spine-titling; 311pp. with a frontispiece and 16pp. of colour plates. A few faint scattered spots on text block edges. Otherwise, near fine in illustrated slipcase. Thomas Cochrane 1775-1860, 10th Earl of Dundonald, came from a family with a long tradition in military service. Having turned 17, he joined the Navy where he developed a brilliant career in the contest of the Napoleonic Wars, exploits such as the capture of the Spanish frigate El Gamo or the Battle of the Basque Roads made the Scottish aristocrat a real crowd pleaser. In 1807, he became MP in the House of Commons, where he supported the propositions of the Radical group. Seven years later, the admiral got involved in a financial scandal known as the Great Stock Exchange Fraud, as a result he spent a year in prison and lost his position in the Navy and as MP. That did not mean the end of Cochrane's lifework, he went to America where he took part in the process of Chilean and Brazilian independence, and he also helped the Greek army with his fight against the Turkish. In the 30's, the 10th Earl of Dundonald arrived back in the United Kingdom, where he managed to regain his position in the British Navy. He spent his last years writing his memoirs and designing engines.

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Publisher: The Folio Society, London, 2007.

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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