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

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

Stephen Taylor

354 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction biography history reflective medium-paced
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Edward Pellew, captain of the legendary Indefatigable, was quite simply the greatest British frigate captain in the age of sail. Left fatherless at age eight, with a penniless mother and five siblings, Pellew fought his way from the very bottom of...

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