Admiral Collingwood: Nelson's Own Hero Hardback
by Max Adams
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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.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:368 pages, 16pp col illus
- Publisher:Head of Zeus
- Publication Date:12/03/2015
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- ISBN:9781784081942
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:368 pages, 16pp col illus
- Publisher:Head of Zeus
- Publication Date:12/03/2015
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- ISBN:9781784081942