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The Billy Ruffian: The Bellerophon and the Downfall of Napoleon, The Biography

The Billy Ruffian: The Bellerophon and the Downfall of Napoleon, The Biography of a Ship of the Line, 1782-1836 Paperback - 2004

by Cordingly, David

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New York: Bloomsbury, 2004 1st ed. thus. 355pp. illus. paperback: near Fine [some spine creases; else a nice crisp copy] An exciting history of the Napoleonic Wars during the the age of sail.
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The Bellerophon was born on the north bank of the River Medway at Frindsbury, near Rochester.

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About the author

David Cordingly was, for many years, the curator and head of exhibitions at the famed National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England. He has written several acclaimed books on the subject of pirates, including, most recently, Under the Black Flag: The Romance and Reality of Life Among the Pirates. He lives by the sea in Brighton, England.