The Admiral's Secret Weapon: Lord Dundonald and the Origins of Chemical Warfare by Charles Stephenson

The Admiral's Secret Weapon: Lord Dundonald and the Origins of Chemical Warfare

Charles Stephenson

179 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history informative tense medium-paced
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The 10th Earl of Dundonald (1775-1860) had as Lord Cochrane been a dashing and highly successful naval captain (he forms the model for Patrick O'Brian's fictional hero Jack Aubrey); he was also an inventor. In 1811 he presented details of his secr...

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