Admiral of the Fleet. The Life of Sir Charles Lambe. With an Introduction by Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten of Burma and a Foreword by Sir Steven Runciman.
Rare and modern books
Warner Oliver
Sidgwick & Jackson,
1969
Admiral of the Fleet. The Life of Sir Charles Lambe. With an Introduction by Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten of Burma and a Foreword by Sir Steven Runciman.
Rare and modern books
Warner Oliver
Sidgwick & Jackson,
1969
32.20 €
(Devon,
United Kingdom)
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1969
- Author
- Warner Oliver
- Publishers
- Sidgwick & Jackson
- Keyword
- mstock, naval, ww1, great war, ww2, royal navy, admirals, lambe, dunedin, illustrious, pacific, oliver warner, naval, wwi, admiral, fleet
- Languages
- English
Description
8vo., First Edition, with 21 plates on 16; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Lambe (1900-1960) began his career as a midshipman in 1917 and rose to become Admiral of the Fleet and First Sea Lord. His WWII service included command of Dunedin, several staff appointments (lastly as Director of Planning) and finally a year is command of Illustrious, principally in the Pacific. Law, 0709; see Heathcote, pp.149-150.
