Cochrane: The Real Master and Commander

Cochrane: The Real Master and Commander

by David Cordingly
Cochrane: The Real Master and Commander

Cochrane: The Real Master and Commander

by David Cordingly

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Overview

In this fascinating account of Thomas Cochrane's extraordinary life, David Cordingly (Under the Black Flag and The Billy Ruffian) unearths startling new details about the real-life "Master and Commander"-from his heroic battles against the French navy to his role in the liberation of Chile, Peru, and Brazil, and the stock exchange scandal that forced him out of England and almost ended his naval career. Drawing on previously unpublished papers, his own travels, wide reading, and original research, Cordingly tells the rip-roaring story of the archetypal Romantic hero who conquered the seas and, in the process, defined his era.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781596917514
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 08/10/2010
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 448
Sales rank: 375,453
File size: 6 MB

About the Author

David Cordingly was Keeper of Pictures and Head of Exhibitions at the National Maritime Museum for twelve years, where he organized such exhibitions as "Captain James Cook, Navigator," "The Mutiny on the Bounty," and "Pirates: Fact and Fiction." His other books include Life Among the Pirates, Seafaring Women, the highly praised The Billy Ruffian, and the bestselling Under the Black Flag. He lives by the sea in Brighton, England.
David Cordingly was Keeper of Pictures and Head of Exhibitions at the National Maritime Museum for twelve years, where he organised such exhibitions as Captain James Cook, Navigator, The Mutiny on the Bounty and Pirates: Fact and Fiction. His other books include Life among the Pirates, Heroines and Harlots and the highly praised Billy Ruffian.

Table of Contents


Acknowledgements     xi
List of Illustrations     xiii
Maps     xvii
Prologue     1
A Scottish Upbringing: 1775-1793     8
From Midshipman to Lieutenant: 1793-1800     22
Commander of the Speedy: 1800-1801     44
A Dark Interlude: 1801-1804     66
The Flying Pallas: 1804-1806     83
Member of Parliament for Honiton: 1806-1807     105
The Westminster Election: 1807     120
Return to the Mediterranean: 1807-1808     135
The Coastal Raids of the Imperieuse: 1808     149
The Defence of Fort Trinidad: 1808     164
Entering the Gates of Hell: 1809     175
The French Fleet Aground: 1809     192
The Court Martial of Lord Gambier: 1809     206
Riots and Romance: 1809-1814     221
The Stock Exchange Scandal: 1814     235
The Wilderness Years: 1814-1818     255
The Liberation of Chile and Peru: 1818-1822     269
Brazil and Beyond: 1822-1825     296
A Greek Fiasco: 1825-1828     315
The Fightback: 1828-1851     332
The Last Years: 1851-1860     346
Epilogue     357
Appendix     363
Glossary     367
Bibliography     373
Notes     377
Index     407
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