{"product_id":"9781849955720-salt-horse","title":"Salt Horse","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMemoir of a Maverick Admiral, Claude Lionel Cumberlege\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a memoir of a Maverick Admiral, Claude Lionel Cumberlege.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten originally in 1936–38 by Admiral Cumberlege as a record of his life\u003cem\u003e, Salt Horse\u003c\/em\u003e was never published. The original manuscript has been expertly edited and made readable in terms of language to a modern audience.  It now comprises chapters on Cumberlege’s naval career in the RN and Royal Australian Navy and also on the 1922–38 period when he lived year-round on two large sailing craft, cruising the coasts of France and Spain. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCumberlege writes with some verve. He has strong views, made numerous friends wherever he and his second wife Nora went, and lived a spirited, irreverent and fortunate existence in peace and war. Some of his stories (for instance, about WW1 in New Guinea, or about his 1905 lunch in Gibraltar as a young officer with Kaiser Wilhelm II) are historic and eye-catching. In many ways, the book describes a world, and a way of life, that has disappeared for ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSalt Horse\u003c\/em\u003e is complemented with a timeline, family tree and Introduction which trace Cumberlege’s background. An Afterword takes his life story from 1938–63 when he died. The numerous black-and-white images and short footnotes bring many of the people mentioned in the text to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41613007356001,"sku":"9781849955720","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_37475060.jpg?v=1762057863","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781849955720-salt-horse","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}