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About Stephen Taylor
See more books from this AuthorIn a biography of Edward Pellew (1757-1833), the legendary British captain, Taylor (Storm and Conquest: The Clash of Empires in the Eastern Seas, 1809, 2008) demonstrates his commanding knowledge of naval history, especially during the late-18th and early-19th centuries, a period of some of the g...
Oct 01 2012 | Read Full Review of Commander : The Life and Expl...Edward Pellew (1757â1833) was one of the British Royal Navyâs most successful and famous officers in the era of the French revolutionary wars. Orphaned at eight, he rose by merit and achievement, maki
Jul 27 2012 | Read Full Review of Commander : The Life and Expl...a great manâand a good man.â In an era when the Royal Navyâs treatment of its men was harsh, Pellew urged his subordinates to âbe as kind as you can without suffering imposition on your good nature.â Pellew spent more than 36 years at sea, rose to the rank of admiral, led an internation...
Jul 30 2012 | Read Full Review of Commander : The Life and Expl...Capt. Edward Pellew was credited with exploits unique in British naval history.
Nov 11 2012 | Read Full Review of Commander : The Life and Expl...Still, the shocker is not that Pellew has been entered into the lists to vie with the likes of Thomas Cochrane and George Anson as model for Aubrey, but that Pellew himself – or rather, his fictional self – is the captain under whom C.
Nov 23 2012 | Read Full Review of Commander : The Life and Expl...The captain, so extravagantly described, is Edward Pellew, whose similarities to Jack Aubrey are striking enough that readers, as Taylor puts it diplomatically, "will judge for themselves whether O'Brian was ignorant of his hero's resonance with Pellew."
Nov 14 2012 | Read Full Review of Commander : The Life and Expl...An aggregated and normalized score based on 34 user ratings from iDreamBooks & iTunes