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A Sailor of King George by Captain Frederick Hoffman

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A Sailor of King George
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Publisher: John Murray
ISBN/ASIN: 1846777275
Number of pages: 340

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These are the riveting recollections of an officer of the Royal Navy -- Nelson's navy -- in the first years of the nineteenth century, through the long wars with Britain's ancient enemy Spain and the France of the Revolution, Consulate and of the newly crowned Emperor Napoleon. Hoffman was a seaman who could inspire aspects of the Hornblower character.

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