The Rodney Papers: Volume II: 1763-1780: Selections from the Correspondence of Admiral Lord Rodney

by George Brydges Rodney

This, the second of three volumes of the correspondence of George Brydges Rodney, covers the admiral's life from the end of the Seven Years War in 1763 until August 1780. This was perhaps his most eventful, extraordinary and controversial period; from being a successful admiral, a member of Parliament and the Governor of Greenwich Hospital, Rodney plunges into debt and a debtor's exile in France, only to rise again as a victorious admiral and as a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1911423800
• ISBN13: 9781911423805
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 750 Pages