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description: Admiral of the Fleet Lord 'Jacky' Fisher (1841-1920) was one of the greatest naval reformers in history. He was also a colossal figure to contemporaries both loved and loathed a man of exceptional charm presence and charisma. Since the late 1940s Jan Morris has been haunted by his face - with its startling combination of 'the suave the sneering and the self-amused.' This evocation is both biography and a love letter a perfect expression of her passionate interest in mavericks and outsiders in travel ships and the glorious pageantry of the British Empire in its prime.
language: English
title: Fisher's Face
publisher: Faber & Faber