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For God And Gold

by Julian Corbett

This semi-autobiographical novel tells about the start: the personal and professional life of a scholar, the excitement of sailing, and joining the navy.

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Language

English

Original Language

English

Published In

1887

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Julian Corbett

United Kingdom

Sir Julian Stafford Corbett was a prominent British naval historian and geostrategist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, whose works helped shape the Royal Navy's reforms of that era. One of h...

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