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Richard Hough

Born

in Brighton, Sussex, England

May 15, 1922

Died

October 07, 1999

Genre

History, Biographies & Memoirs, Children's Books

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Richard Alexander Hough was a British author and historian specializing in naval history. As a child, he was obsessed with making model warships and collecting information about navies around the world. In 1941, he joined the Royal Air Force and trained at a flying school near Los Angeles. He flew Hurricanes and Typhoons and was wounded in action.

After World War II, Hough worked as a part-time delivery driver for a wine shop, while looking for employment involving books. He finally joined the publishing house Bodley Head, and then Hamish Hamilton, where he eventually headed the children’s book division.

His work as a publisher inspired him to turn to writing himself in 1950, and he went on to write more than ninety books over a long and suc ...more

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	Captain James Cook: A Biography 4.16 avg rating — 724 ratings — published 1994 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fleet That Had To Die 4.10 avg rating — 436 ratings — published 1958 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Commander Buller Adventures (Commander Buller #1-3) 4.41 avg rating — 328 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Buller's Guns (Commander Buller #1) 4.09 avg rating — 243 ratings — published 1981 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dreadnought: A History of the Modern Battleship 3.97 avg rating — 215 ratings — published 1964 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great War at Sea: 1914 - 1918 3.95 avg rating — 200 ratings — published 1983 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Longest Battle: The War at Sea 1939-1945 4.29 avg rating — 181 ratings — published 1986 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Buller's Dreadnought (Commander Buller #2) 4.12 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 1982 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Buller's Victory (Commander Buller #3) 4.26 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 1984 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Captain Bligh and Mr. Christian 4.04 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 1973 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“an inconclusive result suited everyone. Both sides could, and did, claim victory. There was a measure of disappointment, but very little loss of prestige. A few thousand lives were lost, a few ships lost, new confidence in the big gun was established with its mass firing, the status quo was re-established, and the Germans returned to the Jade and the British to Scapa Flow to sit out the rest of the war.”
― Richard Hough, Dreadnought: A History of the Modern Battleship

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“insolent”
― Richard Hough, The Fleet That Had To Die

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“When dawn broke over the North Sea on May 31st, fifty-eight Dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers were steaming north or east toward the greatest naval collision of arms between surface ships of modern times. Thirty-seven were British, twenty-one were German.”
― Richard Hough, Dreadnought: A History of the Modern Battleship

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