<story><title>Thomas Cochrane</title><url>https://sergey.substack.com/p/thomas-cochrane</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>stnmtn</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m fascinated with Cochrane and this era. For anyone who is looking for novels that attempt to tell the story of people like Cochrane, look no further than Patrick O&amp;#x27;Brien&amp;#x27;s books. Starting with Master and Commander</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>iam-TJ</author><text>A couple of Robert Brightwell&amp;#x27;s (Thomas) &amp;quot;Flashman&amp;quot; series* have the eponymous hero as a shipmate of Cochrane - first in the Mediterranean in &amp;quot;Flashman and the Seawolf&amp;quot; [0] and later in South America in &amp;quot;Flashman and the Emperor&amp;quot; [1]&lt;p&gt;Both are great rollicking action adventures.&lt;p&gt;* Thomas is the uncle of the more famous Sir Harry Paget Flashman, V.C., whose memoirs are edited by George MacDonald-Fraser.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;robertbrightwell.com&amp;#x2F;my-books&amp;#x2F;flashman-and-the-seawolf&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;robertbrightwell.com&amp;#x2F;my-books&amp;#x2F;flashman-and-the-seawo...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;robertbrightwell.com&amp;#x2F;my-books&amp;#x2F;flashman-and-the-emperor&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;robertbrightwell.com&amp;#x2F;my-books&amp;#x2F;flashman-and-the-emper...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Thomas Cochrane</title><url>https://sergey.substack.com/p/thomas-cochrane</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>stnmtn</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m fascinated with Cochrane and this era. For anyone who is looking for novels that attempt to tell the story of people like Cochrane, look no further than Patrick O&amp;#x27;Brien&amp;#x27;s books. Starting with Master and Commander</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dghlsakjg</author><text>Jack Aubrey was very consciously modeled on Cochrane according to O’Brien. The general arc of his naval career pretty closely follows that of Cochrane’s.</text></comment>