Life of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur Knyvet Wilson (Classic Reprint) (Hardback)

Excerpt from Life of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur Knyvet WilsonHaving had the good fortune to serve under Sir Arthur Wilson for six years as his Flag Captain and Chief of the Staff, in the Majestic, Revenge, and Exmouth, and being therefore well acquainted with many of the facts and events of an important period of his career, I was asked by his relatives to write or compile his biography. I felt that this task was worthy of a more competent hand than mine and I hesitated, but urged by their wishes, and by the fact that my long association with him officially had ripened into a warm feeling of friendship and regard which called for an effort to perpetuate his memory, I agreed to make the attempt. The kind sympathy and help that I received from Miss Wilson and others encouraged me to persevere, and I now present the results in the following pages.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.