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This book explores the infamous episode which was immortalised in Voltaire's satirical novel Byng's execution is still regarded as one of the most notorious and shameful episodes in British naval history Based on a mass of previously undiscovered archive material

About the Author

Dudley Pope, author of the best-selling Ramage series and LIFE IN NELSON'S NAVY, needs little introduction. After service during WWII in the Merchant Navy, he went on to work for fifteen years in Fleet Street before settling down to become a full-time writer. In 1965 he set sail for the West Indies where he lived on his boat until his death in 1997.