Captain James Cook by Richard Hough
An exciting and marvellously readable biography of Captain James Cook, the last of the great navigators.
Highly readable * Terry Waite, The Sunday Times *
Richard Hough's biography is as fascinating as it is felicitous in style and entertaining in content * Field Marshal Lord Carver, The Sunday Telegraph *
Hough tells the story with skill to give a convincing smell of the sea * Flora Fraser, The Times *
Captain James Cook does handsome justice to the navigator * Ian Thomson, The Independent *
Richard Hough's biography is as fascinating as it is felicitous in style and entertaining in content * Field Marshal Lord Carver, The Sunday Telegraph *
Hough tells the story with skill to give a convincing smell of the sea * Flora Fraser, The Times *
Captain James Cook does handsome justice to the navigator * Ian Thomson, The Independent *
Richard Hough with his high reputation as a biographer and naval historian, is the author of many books. He wrote THE MURDER OF CAPTAIN COOK in 1979 to mark the bicentenary of the explorer's death in that year.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340825563 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340825561 |
| Title | Captain James Cook |
| Author | Richard Hough |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2003-03-03 |
| Number of pages | 528 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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