{"product_id":"commander-9780393347067","title":"Commander","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Nobody describes a naval battle better than Taylor…a flawless demonstration of the biographer’s craft.\" —Jan Morris, \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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\u003cbr\u003e\"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\u003cbr\u003e\"An entertaining, swashbuckling adventure, filled to the brim with derring-do.\" -- Daily Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\"[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\u003cbr\u003e\"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","brand":"WW Norton \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525146747223,"sku":"9780393347067","price":13.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780393347067.jpg?v=1731859410","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/commander-9780393347067","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}