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Rodney Papers
David . Ed(S): Syrett
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Description for Rodney Papers
hardcover. Editor(s): Syrett, David. Series Editor(s): Jones, Dr. Ben. Series: Navy Records Society Publications. Num Pages: 554 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; BJ; HBTM; HBW; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 148. Weight in Grams: 882.
Overbearing, avaricious and difficult, yet talented and ambitious, George Brydges Rodney has never attracted much sympathy or understanding. He was nevertheless an original thinker and one of the great admirals of the eighteenth century. The contents of this volume, the first of three, document his career from 1742 until 1763 - his private and political life. His early years as a captain were spent in the severe conditions of the North Sea and in taking privateers in the western approaches. During the peace after 1748 he was Governor of Newfoundland and in the Seven Years' War blockaded Le Havre before ... Read more
Overbearing, avaricious and difficult, yet talented and ambitious, George Brydges Rodney has never attracted much sympathy or understanding. He was nevertheless an original thinker and one of the great admirals of the eighteenth century. The contents of this volume, the first of three, document his career from 1742 until 1763 - his private and political life. His early years as a captain were spent in the severe conditions of the North Sea and in taking privateers in the western approaches. During the peace after 1748 he was Governor of Newfoundland and in the Seven Years' War blockaded Le Havre before ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
554
Condition
New
Series
Navy Records Society Publications
Number of Pages
554
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780754651796
SKU
V9780754651796
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Ref
99-1
About David . Ed(S): Syrett
David Syrett was formerly from the Graduate Centre, City University of New York, USA
Reviews for Rodney Papers
’The completion of the three-volume Rodney Papers series will plug a yawning gap in the published primary source literature about the eighteenth-century Royal Navy.’ International Journal of Maritime History