"A Dangerous Game: Thomas Cochrane's Life on the Edge" Topic
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| Tango01 | 08 Sep 2026 1:52 p.m. PST |
"The astonishing true story of Thomas Cochrane – naval hero, political radical and inspiration for Patrick O'Brian's Jack Aubrey – whose audacity at sea, scandals on land and battles across empires make for a tale as thrilling as any novel. Cochrane's life was even more remarkable than the fiction it inspired. A hero of the Napoleonic Wars, known for destroying the French Atlantic fleet in one explosive attack, he was an equally aggressive force in British politics as the radical MP for Westminster. Cochrane's fortunes turned in 1814, when he was convicted of a fraud on the Stock Exchange. After escaping from prison, he later reinvented himself as a revolutionary admiral, helping the Chileans, Peruvians, Brazilians and Greeks in their struggles for independence…"
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