Post Xmas present time..
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
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Post Xmas present time..
ORAC is clearing shelves at home, as his Madrid stuff will be arriving soon, prior to disappearing to offshore parts again.
In blowing dust off books various one has found a book which might interest someone of a current or previous naval bent, so to speak, and with a historical interest. It is a 1910 edition of "Deeds of Naval Daring - Anecdotes of the British Navy" by Admiral Edward Giffard..
Contents begin with:
Bellona and Courageax
Admiral Hopson
Captain Seth Jermy
Death of Sir Richard Grenville
Captain Faulknor at Port Royal
and so on for a total of over 90 anecdotes...
All good stirring stuff.
It has a nice inscription to a Leslie Rider on the occasion of his 14th birthday on March 16th 1911. That would have made him 18 just after the start of the Great War. I wonder what became of him....
Whatever. If someone knows of a good home for this book, and would like to promise to make a payment to the BF or another suitable miltary charity, I will send it on its way....
ORAC
In blowing dust off books various one has found a book which might interest someone of a current or previous naval bent, so to speak, and with a historical interest. It is a 1910 edition of "Deeds of Naval Daring - Anecdotes of the British Navy" by Admiral Edward Giffard..
Contents begin with:
Bellona and Courageax
Admiral Hopson
Captain Seth Jermy
Death of Sir Richard Grenville
Captain Faulknor at Port Royal
and so on for a total of over 90 anecdotes...
All good stirring stuff.
It has a nice inscription to a Leslie Rider on the occasion of his 14th birthday on March 16th 1911. That would have made him 18 just after the start of the Great War. I wonder what became of him....
Whatever. If someone knows of a good home for this book, and would like to promise to make a payment to the BF or another suitable miltary charity, I will send it on its way....
ORAC
