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  • Published: 27 August 2015
  • ISBN: 9780141977218
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 160
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William IV (Penguin Monarchs)

A King at Sea




William IV, 'the Sailor King', is best known for his naval career and for living for twenty years with the actress Mrs Jordan, with whom he had ten children. Knight's book shows that William was pretty much a disaster in whatever field he found himself.

  • Published: 27 August 2015
  • ISBN: 9780141977218
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 160
Categories:

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About the author

Roger Knight

Roger Knight was Deputy Director of the National Maritime Museum until 2000, and now teaches at the Greenwich Maritime Institute at the University of Greenwich. The Pursuit of Victory: The Life and Achievement of Horatio Nelson won the Duke of Westminster's Medal for Military History, the Mountbatten Award and the Anderson Medal of the Society for Nautical Research.

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