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Historical person
1684–1757
Edward Vernon was a British admiral and politician best known for capturing Porto Bello in 1739 and commanding the failed expedition against Cartagena de Indias. Nicknamed ‘Old Grog’, he became associated with the diluted rum ration and with public debate over naval administration.
Tim Holden’s Rule Britannia places Edward Vernon within a narrative shaped by empire, conquest and resistance, military command and battlefield decision-making, and family, marriage and personal loyalty.
Series
The New World Saga follows the Washington family and a wider cast of soldiers, traders, settlers, Indigenous diplomats, servants and political agents through the imperial wars that reshaped eighteenth-century North America. It begins with Lawrence Washington’s service in the War of Jenkins’ Ear, then turns to the young…
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