{"product_id":"cochrane-the-real-master-and-commander","title":"Cochrane: The Real Master and Commander","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eCochrane: The Real Master and Commander\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eDavid Cordingly\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781596915879\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eBloomsbury USA\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2008\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e448\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eUnder the Black Flag \u003c\/i\u003ecomes the definitive biography of Thomas Cochrane, the swashbuckling nineteenth-century maritime hero who packed [in] enough drama and history to shame both Horatio Nelson and Sir Francis Drake (Ken Rignle, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this fascinating account of Thomas Cochrane's extraordinary life, David Cordingly (\u003ci\u003eUnder the Black Flag\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Billy Ruffian\u003c\/i\u003e) unearths startling new details about the real-life Master and Commander--from his heroic battles against the French navy to his role in the liberation of Chile, Peru, and Brazil, and the stock 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 Drawing on previously unpublished papers, his own travels, wide reading, and original research, Cordingly tells the rip-roaring story of the archetypal Romantic hero who conquered the seas and, in the process, defined his era.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Cochrane: The Real Master and Commander | David Cordingly | Paperback | 9781596915879 | Used: Like New | Biography 1707960 (temp: 28)","offer_id":49287686750360,"sku":"1707960","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71_uubldhcL.jpg?v=1781896678","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/cochrane-the-real-master-and-commander","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}