Cochrane [electronic resource] : The Fighting Captain
Harvey, Robert2014
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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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[Place of publication not identified] : Constable, 2014
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1 online resource (1 text file)
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9781472107985
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English
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2695710
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