David Crane

Too young to die

The gallant captain killed at the Battle of the Saintes is the main subject of David Rutland’s Resolution

issue 15 April 2017

  • Resolution: Two Brothers, a Nation in Crisis, a World at War

    David Rutland and Emma Ellis

    Head of Zeus, pp. 480

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