Paperback. Condition: New. Admiral Andrew Cunningham, best remembered for his courageous leadership in the Mediterranean in the Second World War, is often rated as our finest naval commander after Nelson, and indeed a bust of the Admiral was unveiled in Trafalgar Square close by his predecessor in 1967 by the Duke of Edinburgh. It was during the dark days of 1940 41, after the surrender of France and Italy's entry into the War and when Britain was fighting single-handed, that Cunningham held the Eastern Mediterranean with a fleet greatly inferior to the Italian; his lack of ships and aircraft was more than made up for by his bold and vigorous command. Taranto, Matapan, Crete, North Africa -these are the critical battles and regions with which he is so closely associated. _A Sailor's Odyssey_ is the stirring autobiography of this great fighting seaman from his boyhood in Dublin and his early career in the Navy and his service in the First World War, through his commands in the inter-war years, to the great sea battles in the Mediterranean, and then his elevation to First Sea Lord in 1943 and his subsequent responsibility for the operational policy of the Royal Navy during the later stages of the War. He attended the conferences at Casablanca, Teheran, Quebec and Yalta, and gives revealing glimpses of Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin. His was, truly, a remarkable career. This is a beautifully written and absorbing naval memoir, and it made a significant contribution to the history of the Royal Navy in the Second World War when it was first published in 1951; this new paperback edition, with an introduction by his great nephew Admiral Jock Slater, will fascinate and delight a new generation of readers and bring into focus again a great British fighting admiral.
A Sailor's Odyssey: The Autobiography of Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope
Cunningham, Andrew Brown
A Sailor's Odyssey: The Autobiography of Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope
Cunningham, Andrew Brown
Publisher: Hutchison & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.
Date published: 1951
Format: Hardcover
Second printing, April 1951. Navy cloth with gilt spine titles, showing light shelf-wear and edgewear. Spine square. Binding sound. Small contemporary bookseller's ticket at lower front paste down. Interior else clean, pages toned, text unmarked.
The autobiography of Britain s greatest fighting admiral of the twentieth century. A fascinating and at times gripping memoir. A new introduction that contextualises the Admiral s achievements.Über den AutorAdmiral Andrew Cunnin.
Neuware - A Sailor's Odyssey is the stirring autobiography of this great fighting seaman from his boyhood in Dublin and his early career in the Navy and his service in the First World War, through his commands in the inter-war years, to the great sea battles in the Mediterranean, and then his elevation to First Sea Lord in 1943 and his subsequent responsibility for the operational policy of the Royal Navy during the later stages of the War. He attended the conferences at Casablanca, Teheran, Quebec and Yalta, and gives revealing glimpses of Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin. His was, truly, a remarkable career. This is a beautifully written and absorbing naval memoir, and it made a significant contribution to the history of the Royal Navy in the Second World War when it was first published in 1951; this new paperback edition, with an introduction by his great nephew Admiral Jock Slater, will fascinate and delight a new generation of readers and bring into focus again a great British fighting admiral.
Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. 1.93
A Sailor's Odyssey the Autobiography of Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope
Cunningham Of Hyndhope Admiral Of The Fleet Viscount
A Sailor's Odyssey the Autobiography of Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope
Cunningham Of Hyndhope Admiral Of The Fleet Viscount
Publisher: Hutchinson & Co., 1951
1st edn 1st printing. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth, top edge blue (lightly faded at edges-otherwise VG), dustwrapper (poor-heavily creased and torn with sellotape repairs-in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 714, illus with 46 b&w photos and 16 charts (faint spotting on endpapers; no inscriptions).
A Sailor's Odyssey: the Autobiography of Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope
Cunningham, Andrew Brown
A Sailor's Odyssey: the Autobiography of Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope
Cunningham, Andrew Brown
Publisher: Hutchison & Co. (Publishers) Ltd
Date published: 1951
Format: Hardcover
Second printing, April 1951. Navy cloth with gilt spine titles, showing light shelf-wear and edgewear. Spine square. Binding sound. Small contemporary bookseller's ticket at lower front paste down. Interior else clean, pages toned, text unmarked.
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