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Admiral Insubordinate: The Life and Times of Lord Charles Beresford
Admiral Insubordinate The Life and Times of Lord Charles Beresford Author:Richard Freeman The biography of Britain's most insubordinate admiral. Beresford was variously a Government minister, three times a commander-in-chief and four times an MP. He could fill public halls with his rabble-rousing speeches; he could pack the Commons with his venomous attacks on ministers; he could instil love and obedience in any sailor's heart. Full ... more »of conflict and contradiction, Admiral Beresford's chapter in the story of the British Navy makes essential and entertaining reading.« less