The Rodney Papers, Volume I, 1742-1763:

This is the first of two volumes of Admiral Lord Rodney's correspondence edited by Professor David Syrett This is the first of two volumes of Admiral Lord Rodney's correspondence edited by Professor David Syrett, Distinguished Professor of History at Queen's College, City University of New York, and published after his untimely death in 2004. Volume I covers Rodney's early career from his promotion to post-captain in 1742 to the end of the Seven Years War in 1763. Somewhat overshadowed, like mos