Commander : The Life and Exploits of Britain's Greatest Frigate Captain

Taylor, Stephen

Published by Faber & Faber London 2012

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3rd printing dust jacket As New octavo xiii + 354pp., colour & b/w plates, maps, notes, bibliog., index, Edward Pellew, captain of the legendary Indefatigable, was quite simply the greatest frigate captain in the age of sail. An incomparable seaman, ferociously combative yet chivalrous, a master of the quarterdeck and an athlete of the tops, he was as quick to welcome a gallant foe into his cabin as to dive to the rescue of a man overboard. He is the likely model for the heroic but all-too-human Jack Aubrey in Patrick O'Brian's novels.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Commander : The Life and Exploits of Britain's Greatest Frigate Captain
• Publisher: Faber & Faber London 2012
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included