Edward Pellew entered the navy a friendless boy and rose by merit to become Lord Exmouth. Osler follows his career from the American war through the famous frigate action of the Nymphe and Cléopâtre, his command of the Western Squadrons, the French expedition against Ireland and his later service as an admiral.
A classic naval biography of one of the finest frigate captains of the age of sail. Download the free EPUB.