Autobiography of a Seaman, Vol. 1

By Cochrane, Lord Thomas

Book Id: WPLBN0002951022
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File Size: 326.09 MB
Reproduction Date: 2012

Title:	Autobiography of a Seaman, Vol. 1
Author:	Cochrane, Lord Thomas
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non-fiction, Adventure, Biography
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Autobiography of a Seaman, Vol. 1
Historic Publication Date:	1860
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Thomas Cochrane, B. L. (1860). Autobiography of a Seaman, Vol. 1. Retrieved from http://www.self.gutenberg.org/

Description
This two volume work is the autobiography of Lord Cochrane, a naval captain of the Napoleonic period. His adventures are seminal to the development of naval fiction as a genre. Marryat sailed with Cochrane, while later writers borrowed incidents from this biography for their fictions. Most notable among these is Patrick O'Brian, three of whose novels have clear parallels to incidents in the life of Cochrane. This first volume covers Cochrane's earlier life, during which he is most active militarily. (Introduction by Timothy Ferguson)

Summary
Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

Excerpt
Adventure, Biography, History, Memoirs, Sea stories, War stories