The Sea Wolf: The Life of Admiral Cochrane

The Sea Wolf: The Life of Admiral Cochrane image
ISBN-10:

184158035X

ISBN-13:

9781841580357

Author(s): GRIMBLE, Ian
Released: Jan 01, 2000
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd.
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
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Description:

Thomas Cochrane's life has inspired naval authors from Frederick Marryat to Patrick O'Brien, but the Scottish admiral's life contained more adventures than any novelist could have created. Cochrane was a successful commander during the Napoleonic Wars, but his unorthodox tactics and views made him no friends at the Admiralty.

After being jailed on dubious corruption charges he sent most of the rest of his life commanding foreign navies, such as those of Chile, Peru, Brazil and Greece. Inheriting the title Earl of Dundonald restored his respectability in Britain and he spent his remaining years in England as an inventor, being buried in Westminster Abbey upon his death in 1860 at age 85.












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