The Life of Richard Earl Howe, K.G.: Admiral of the Fleet, and General of Marines

by John Barrow

Book Overview

Richard, Earl Howe (1726-99) participated in some of the Royal Navy's most significant conflicts. As captain of the Dunkirk, he fired the first shots of the Seven Years' War off the eastern coast of North America in 1755. After being forced to juggle the demands of the American Revolutionary War with the British government's reluctance to put the ships he needed at his disposal, he resigned his command of the North American Station, but later made...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108067212
• ISBN13: 9781108067218
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 460 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"