"Balkan Glory Review" Topic

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Tango01	21 Jun 2023 4:55 p.m. PST
" As if the title of this book by Julian Stockwin needed to be more for purchase – it is based on Sir William Hoste's Adriatic campaign during the Napoleonic wars. Stockwin's hero is Sir Thomas Kydd, a rags-to-riches story of a sailor at the mast to the commodore of a frigate squadron. Somewhat unlikely, given the class structure of Napoleonic Britain, but this is fiction, and everyone loves a boy-made-good story…" link Full Review here link Armand
Rosenberg	21 Jun 2023 9:55 p.m. PST
My understanding is that ability quite often trumped social standing/wealth in the Royal Navy. Don't think commissions were purchased in the Navy unlike the Army. Plus promotion in the junior officer ranks came from experience and passing exams in seamanship/navigation. Am I not right?
Tango01	22 Jun 2023 3:04 p.m. PST
Seems you are right… Armand

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