... as "bloody-minded and petty, exclusively thin-skinned, and a man of profound self-delusion." He was also snobby and sadistic to a certain degree; one acount describes him ordering a drunken sailor forty-eight blows (four times the allowed amount), beating the poor man to unconciousness. After being dismissed for illegally trying to get money, FitzRoy was replaced by another captain, John ... Carden. De Kay obviously has done his homework in researching the Macedonian, because he goes on to describe ... the person reading the book actually care about her history and life. De Kay is mostl...

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• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: High School