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It is clear that the flame of True Freedom had passed with naval supremacy and constitutional, consultative government from the United Provinces to Great Britain, where it was regarded with quite as much national pride.

Peter Padfield

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Peter Padfield

Peter Padfield

Born: 1932 (age 90)
Bio: Peter L. N. Padfield is a British author, biographer, historian, and journalist who specializes in naval history and in the Second World War period. His early journalism appeared under the name P. L. N. Padfield. As well as his non-fiction work, he has also published four novels.
Known for:
  1. Dönitz, the last Führer (1984)
  2. Beneath the House Flag of the P.& O (1981)
  3. Nelson's war (1976)

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