The Rodney Papers
Volume I, 1742-1763: Selections from the Correspondence of Admiral Lord Rodney
1st Edition
Published on 17. December 2020
554 pages
978-1-000-34084-6 (ISBN)
Description
Overbearing, avaricious and difficult, yet talented and ambitious, George Brydges Rodney has never attracted much sympathy or understanding. He was nevertheless an original thinker and one of the great admirals of the eighteenth century. The contents of this volume, the first of three, document his career from 1742 until 1763 - his private and political life. His early years as a captain were spent in the severe conditions of the North Sea and in taking privateers in the western approaches. During the peace after 1748 he was Governor of Newfoundland and in the Seven Years' War blockaded Le Havre before going, as a flag officer, to command in the Leeward Islands where he participated in the capture of Martinique. This volume also contains letters to his wife which indicate, against past opinion, that Rodney had a heart.
Reviews / Votes
'The completion of the three-volume Rodney Papers series will plug a yawning gap in the published primary source literature about the eighteenth-century Royal Navy.' International Journal of Maritime HistoryMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
ISBN-13
978-1-000-34084-6 (9781000340846)
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Additional editions
David Syrett
The Rodney Papers
Volume I, 1742-1763: Selections from the Correspondence of Admiral Lord Rodney
Book
03/2020
1st Edition
Navy Records Society
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David Syrett
The Rodney Papers
Volume I, 1742-1763: Selections from the Correspondence of Admiral Lord Rodney
Book
04/2005
Routledge
€148.55
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Person
David Syrett was formerly from the Graduate Centre, City University of New York, USA
Content
Contents: Preface; Early years, 1742-48; Post Captain, 1749-59; Flag Officer, 1759-63; Appendix; Index.
