Autobiography of a Seaman, Vol. 1

About this film

LibriVox recording of Autobiography of a Seaman, Vol. 1, by Lord Thomas Cochrane. Read by Timothy Ferguson. This two volume work is the autobiography of Lord Cochrane, a naval captain of the Napoleonic period. His adventures are seminal to the development of naval fiction as a genre. Marryat sailed with Cochrane, while later writers borrowed incidents from this biography for their fictions. Most notable among these is Patrick O'Brian, three of whose novels have clear parallels to incidents in the life of Cochrane. This first volume covers Cochrane's earlier life, during which he is most active militarily. (Introduction by Timothy Ferguson) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B Part 1 (162MB) Download M4B Part 2 (150MB)

Directors & creators

Lord Thomas Cochrane

Subjects

librivox; literature; audiobook; adventure; biography; history; memoirs; sea stories; war stories

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