false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255646865m/232642.jpg 232642 7 <div><div><b>From the bestselling author of <i>Under the Black Flag, </i>comes the definitive biography of the swashbuckling 19th century maritime hero upon whom Jack Aubrey and Horatio Hornblower are based.</b><br><b> </b><br>Nicknamed <i>le loup des mers</i> (&#8220;the sea wolf&#8221;) by Napoleon, Thomas Cochrane was one of the most daring and successful naval heroes of all time. In this fascinating account of Cochrane&#8217;s life, David Cordingly, author of the bestselling <i>Under the Black Flag </i>and<i> The Billy Ruffian</i>, unearths startling new details about the real-life &#8220;Master and Commander,&#8221; from his daring exploits against the French navy to his role in the liberation of Chile, Peru, and Brazil, and the shock 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 Drawing on previously unpublished papers, his own travels, wide reading, and the kind of original research that distinguished <i>The Billy Ruffian</i>, Cordingly tells the rip-roaring story of the archetypal Romantic hero who conquered the seas and, in the process, defined his era.</div></div> 1704100 18 9 2007 Cochrane: The Real Master and Commander total:28|5:5|4:14|3:7|2:2|1:0| 28 106 59 11 5 0 false false Sat Oct 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 15:59:01 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 03 15:39:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Feb 28 07:44:57 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 22 06:36:19 -0700 2009
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