{"product_id":"commander","title":"Commander","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdward Pellew, captain of the legendary \u003ci\u003eIndefatigable\u003c\/i\u003e, was quite simply the greatest frigate captain in the age of sail. An  incomparable seaman, ferociously combative yet chivalrous, a master of  the quarterdeck and an athlete of the tops, he was as quick to welcome a  gallant foe into his cabin as to dive to the rescue of a man overboard.  He is the likely model for the heroic but all-too-human Jack Aubrey in  Patrick O''Brian''s novels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePellew was orphaned at eight, but fought his way from the very  bottom of the Navy to fleet command and a viscountcy. Victories and  eye-catching feats won him a public following. Yet as an outsider with a  gift for antagonizing his better-born peers, he made powerful enemies.  Redemption came with his last command, when he set off to do battle with  the Barbary States and free thousands of European slaves. Contemporary  opinion held this to be an impossible mission, and Pellew himself, in  leading from the front in the style of his direct contemporary Nelson,  did not expect to survive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePellew''s humanity as much as his  gallantry, fondness for subordinates and blind love for his family, and the  warmth and intimacy of his letters, make him a hugely engaging and  sympathetic figure. In Stephen Taylor''s magnificent new life he at last  has the biography he deserves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57318868189566,"sku":"NW9780571277124","price":13.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780571277124.jpg?v=1778726166","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/commander","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}