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Hardcover • 2014 • English • 1. edition

Max: my father : the story of captain Maximilian Carden Despard, DSC, RN (1892-1964)

By Annabelle Despard

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'There are many ways of not having a father.' These are the opening words to the story of Maximilian Carden Despard, written by his youngest daughter, Annabelle, who felt she knew him all too little. She has pieced together the story of an officer, born in 1892, who achieved glory and honours in a dramatic action off Dover in 1917. A post-war accident forced him to abandon his career in the Royal Navy and in the Thirties he started a new life as naval attaché, at a time when there was another en...Show more

Biography: historical, political and military

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ISBN

9788283140262

Publisher

Portal

Published year

2014

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Max

Format

Hardcover

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