Christopher's Reviews > Cochrane: The Story of Britannia's Sea Wolf

You can tell this author is usually more of the fictional rather than scholarly variety, but in the case of this particular subject that is probably for the best. Few people in history have led such improbable lives as Thomas Cochrane, who I personally regard as second only to Yi Sun Shin on the list of most impressive naval commanders in history.

Be warned though, the background events that explain the somewhat bizarre turn of events that occurred in Chile and Brazil are pretty breezily glossed over here so expect nothing thorough of the South American stage of his life outside of the battles.