The Memoirs of Admiral Lord Beresford

Charles Beresford recalls a life spanning the late Victorian and Edwardian Royal Navy, from sea service and colonial campaigns to a public career in Parliament.

At a glance A candid, opinionated memoir of a famous and combative naval figure. Few officers of the late Victorian navy courted the public eye as readily as Charles… His memoirs look back over a career that carried him from the deck to the debating… What it's about This autobiography recounts the life and service of Admiral Lord Charles…

This autobiography recounts the life and service of Admiral Lord Charles Beresford across the decades of British naval and imperial power in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.