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Tom Pocock


Born
in London, The United Kingdom
August 18, 1925

Died
May 07, 2007


Tom Pocock was the author of 18 books (and editor of two more), mostly biographies but including two about his experiences as a newspaper war correspondent.

Born in London in 1925 - the son of the novelist and educationist Guy Pocock - he was educated at Westminster School and Cheltenham College, joining the Royal Navy in 1943. He was at sea during the invasion of Normandy and, having suffered from ill-health, returned to civilian life and in 1945 became a war correspondent at the age of 19, the youngest of the Second World War.

After four years wth the Hulton Press current affairs magazine group, he moved to the Daily Mail as feature-writer and then Naval Correspondent, becoming Naval Correspondent of The Times in 1952. In 1956, he was a for ...more

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Horatio Nelson
3.92 avg rating — 189 ratings — published 1987 — 12 editions
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Trafalgar: An Eyewitness Hi...
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Battle for Empire: The very...
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The Terror Before Trafalgar...
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Stopping Napoleon : War and...
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Horatio Nelson: The Story o...
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A Thirst for Glory: The Lif...
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The Sailor King: The life o...
3.61 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1991 — 8 editions
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Remember Nelson: The Life o...
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Captain Marryat: Seaman, Wr...
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“be raised only by the Royal Navy and replenishment, for Lowe’s guns had”
― Tom Pocock, Stopping Napoleon: War and Intrigue in the Mediterranean
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