The Memoirs of Admiral Lord Beresford by Lord Charles Beresford

Description

Beresford saw the navy pass from sail to dreadnought, and he took a leading part in almost every quarrel and reform along the way — including his celebrated public clash with the First Sea Lord. He writes with the verve of a man who never learned to be dull: hunts, races, bombardments, royal sunsets, and the endless working comedy of the wardroom.

Beyond the anecdote, the memoirs are a genuine naval document of the Victorian and Edwardian fleets, the empire’s shield from the Crimea to the eve of the Great War, and they remain among the liveliest service memoirs of their time.

Why readers still come back to it

• Fifty years of the Royal Navy told by one of its great eccentrics.
• From gunroom to admiral’s flag, with politics thrown in.
• Vivid, opinionated, and enormously entertaining.

About this DodaBooks edition

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