Opening book details…
Can I read A thirst for glory : the life of Admiral Sir Sidney Smith on EtoBox?
A thirst for glory : the life of Admiral Sir Sidney Smith by Pocock, Tom is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is A thirst for glory : the life of Admiral Sir Sidney Smith about?
Admiral Sir Sidney Smith liked to think of himself as a second Nelson, and there were parallels between the two. Smith and Nelson shared the credit for changing the course of history by ending Napoleon Bonaparte's dream of eastern conquest: Nelson at the Battle of the Nile and Smith by his defence of Acre. While Nelson became the unrivalled national hero, Smith has been almost forgotten. Yet had his advice been followed, campaigns in the Middle East would have been forgotten and thousands of lives saved.
Who reads A thirst for glory : the life of Admiral Sir Sidney Smith?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Pocock, Tom
- Publisher
- Random House of Canada, Limited
- Published
- 1998
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780712673419
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Memoir, Biography, History
- Rating
- 3.62 / 5 (8 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
More by Pocock, Tom
Browse all works by Pocock, Tom
Similar books
- The Memoirs of Sir Sidney Smith — Edward Howard MD (2008)
- The life and correspondence of Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith, G.C.B. — Barrow, John, Sir, 1764-1848. (1848)
- Sir Philip Sidney (the Oxford Authors) — Sir Philip Sidney; Katherine Duncan-Jones (1989)
- The life of Sir Sidney Smith, (1806)
- Admiral of the Blue: The Life and Times of Admiral John Child Purvis (1747 – 1825) — Iain Gordon (2005)
- Fighting admiral: the life of Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Somerville, G.C.B., G.B.E., D.S.O — Donald G. F. W. Macintyre (1961)