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Book Synopsis"Nobody describes a naval battle better than Taylor…a flawless demonstration of the biographer’s craft." —Jan Morris,
The GuardianTrade Review"If Pellew’s life, fired in the kiln of O’Brian’s genius, gave us Jack Aubrey, both our interest and gratitude ought to be ongoing and deep." -- Charles Finch - USA Today
"Taylor is clarity itself…he has also contributed handily to our appreciation of the workings and vagaries of the Royal Navy." -- Katherine A. Powers - Christian Science Monitor
"An entertaining, swashbuckling adventure, filled to the brim with derring-do." -- Daily Telegraph
"[Pellew] is skilfully conjured up in Stephen Taylor’s commendable biography. Fans of Forester and O’Brian will enjoy this tale of Pellew’s meteoric rise." -- Sunday Times
"Meticulous archival research vividly presents a real-life hero whose deeds provided material for C.S. Forester’s Horatio Hornblower and Patrick O’Brian’s Jack Aubrey." -- Publishers Weekly
