The colourful commander who inspired Patrick O'Brian's Jack Aubrey
Robert Harvey is the author of numerous books including Clive (of India) and The Undefeated. He has worked for the Economist and is a former MP. He lives in Shropshire.
""To those who are drawn to the age and especially to aficionados of O'Brian's work, I would recommend Robert Harvey's Cochrane" -The Times Literary Supplement * "A bright and breezy account of Cochrane's life" - The London Evening Standard * "an entertaining and compulsive read" - The Sunday Telegraph * "wonderfully readable book....a Robert Harvey convincingly argues, it is Cochrane's exploits that give birth to the fictional genre of Napoleonic sea-adventures" - The Independent * "a readable and enjoyable book" - The Spectator
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