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Autobiog by Cochrane . https://archive.org/stream/autobiographyofs01dunduoft?ref=ol#page/n7/mode/2up
I read that this year. It was excellent. He really painted pictures with words. This was my favourite bit.In praise of a good old book, I have just read Sir Walter Scott’s Waverley. Completely fascinating, wonderful plot, some difficult language at times but surprisingly easy to follow. It was written in 1805-ish but set 60 years earlier during the final attempt to restore the line of the deposed James VII. Every paragraph reads as a mix of how Scott’s characters viewed the events, how Scott viewed the events 60 years later, and how we view the events now. Very enjoyable.
Does Das Boot count ? A cracking read.I quite like seafaring books. I have read:
Moby Dick, Herman Melville
The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway
The Sea Wolf, Jack London
Lord Jim, Joseph Conrad
The Nigger of Narcissus, Joseph Conrad
Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad
Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe
Aubrey-Maturin series 1..20, Patrick O' Brian
Hornblower series 1..5, C.S. Forester
I still have five-and-half Hornblower books to go. I might read Treasure Island and HMS Ulysses by Alistair MacLean. Any other good ones?
Does Das Boot count ? A cracking read.
Im an Andy McNab or Lee Child kinda reader. That said, at least half of my reading is either biographies or military history.
I domread rather a lot, typically 2 books a week. The advantages of being a man of leisure.
Spookily enough, I bought a CD of the original film on Tuesday from Ebay.I once tried to read that in German as I was studying German at night school at the time. It was so full of regional dialect, profanity and submarine terminology, my dictionary wasn't up to it. Great TV series, though.
The film was good, but the TV series was better.Spookily enough, I bought a CD of the original film on Tuesday from Ebay.
I have the latest "Lee Child" written by his brother on my Kindle. But can't decide if I want to read it incase it's as poor as the critics say. Mind you the final few written by Lee weren't the best.
Currently reading Snow and Steel an in depth study of the battle of the bulge.
King Leopold' s Ghost is the true story of the Heart of Darkness if you see what I mean. Fascinating and appalling at the same time.I quite like seafaring books. I have read:
Moby Dick, Herman Melville
The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway
The Sea Wolf, Jack London
Lord Jim, Joseph Conrad
The Nigger of Narcissus, Joseph Conrad
Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad
Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe
Aubrey-Maturin series 1..20, Patrick O' Brian
Hornblower series 1..5, C.S. Forester
I still have five-and-half Hornblower books to go. I might read Treasure Island and HMS Ulysses by Alistair MacLean. Any other good ones?
Captain Aubrey is based on Thomas Cochrane who I mentioned above.I quite like seafaring books. I have read:
Moby Dick, Herman Melville
The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway
The Sea Wolf, Jack London
Lord Jim, Joseph Conrad
The Nigger of Narcissus, Joseph Conrad
Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad
Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe
Aubrey-Maturin series 1..20, Patrick O' Brian
Hornblower series 1..5, C.S. Forester
I still have five-and-half Hornblower books to go. I might read Treasure Island and HMS Ulysses by Alistair MacLean. Any other good ones?
Cochrane was mentioned in the Hornblower book I'm reading. You might be interested in checking out Jane Austen's brother Francis's career. He ended up Admiral of the Fleet. During the Napoleonic wars he captured 40 ships. He must have been loaded.Captain Aubrey is based on Thomas Cochrane who I mentioned above.
I have the latest "Lee Child" written by his brother on my Kindle. But can't decide if I want to read it incase it's as poor as the critics say. Mind you the final few written by Lee weren't the