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1-245800 Reiter, Jacqueline QUICKSILVER CAPTAIN: The Improbable Life of Sir Home Popham Biography of controversial naval officer who played key roles in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars due to his unconventional methods, secretive operations, and highly unusual contradictions. He achieved the rank of post-captain without a ship; he was more often employed by the War Department than by the Admiralty; and, as an expert in combined operations, he spent almost as much time serving on shore as at sea. Contains 60 black and white illustrations and 10 maps. In just over 25 years as a naval officer, Popham acted as an agent for transports, an unofficial diplomat, an intelligence officer, a Member of Parliament, an acclaimed hydrographer, a scientist and inventor, a publicist, and a government adviser among many other roles. Paints a portrait of an ambitious man who built a career based on secrets and shadows. Popham's direct line to important patrons like William Pitt and Henry Dundas allowed him to play a role far beyond that of an ordinary post-captain. His ideas for using Britain's naval might for imperial defense and expanding British trade, as well as his knowledge of combined operations, made him the politicians' go-to expert. They wanted results, no matter what the cost, and Popham's willingness to play dirty - using bribery, threats, and experimental weaponry - appealed to them. In return, they protected him from his many foes, although in the end, they could not save him from his worst enemy - himself. 1 vol, 356 pgs 2024 UK, HELION AND COMPANY NEW-pb, available late August 2024 ......$60.00 discount: :15% rct ..see our FRENCH REVOLUTION page for more books on this subject	Add to Cart

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1-245800 Reiter, Jacqueline

QUICKSILVER CAPTAIN: The Improbable Life of Sir Home Popham
Biography of controversial naval officer who played key roles in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars due to his unconventional methods, secretive operations, and highly unusual contradictions. He achieved the rank of post-captain without a ship; he was more often employed by the War Department than by the Admiralty; and, as an expert in combined operations, he spent almost as much time serving on shore as at sea. Contains 60 black and white illustrations and 10 maps.

In just over 25 years as a naval officer, Popham acted as an agent for transports, an unofficial diplomat, an intelligence officer, a Member of Parliament, an acclaimed hydrographer, a scientist and inventor, a publicist, and a government adviser among many other roles. Paints a portrait of an ambitious man who built a career based on secrets and shadows. Popham's direct line to important patrons like William Pitt and Henry Dundas allowed him to play a role far beyond that of an ordinary post-captain.

His ideas for using Britain's naval might for imperial defense and expanding British trade, as well as his knowledge of combined operations, made him the politicians' go-to expert. They wanted results, no matter what the cost, and Popham's willingness to play dirty - using bribery, threats, and experimental weaponry - appealed to them. In return, they protected him from his many foes, although in the end, they could not save him from his worst enemy - himself. 1 vol, 356 pgs 2024 UK, HELION AND COMPANY
NEW-pb, available late August 2024 ......$60.00 discount: :15% rct

..see our FRENCH REVOLUTION page for more books on this subject

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