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Cavaliero, Roderick was born on March 21, 1928 in Wrotham, Kent, England.
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This history of the Portuguese empire in Brazil contains detailed coverage of the international and diplomatic dimensions, including the role of the Great Powers - especially Britain and its policy of recognition of the former Iberian territories in the region during the early 19th century - the domestic policies of Portugal and Spain and the part played by Brazil. There are vivid descriptions of social and economic life in Brazil as the country moved towards independence, including the horrors of slavery and of the Royal family in all aspects of its (often bizarre) life.
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Founded in 1080, the Knights Hospitaller of St. John and Malta was a militant order of monk-soldiers who alone outlasted the bloody centuries of the Crusades. Their last hundred years were spent as sovereigns of Malta, fighting Barbary pirates and policing the Mediterranean. Under their protection, Malta flourished, but the Knights themselves were softened by the years of relative stability and indolent living. When Napoleon invaded in 1798, the island fell easily and the Knights fled, powerless and depleted, to Russia. In riveting and colourful detail, The Last of the Crusaders tells the story of the decline of this once mighty order and of the island that was their final sanctuary.
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Nelson admired him. Marie-Antoinette counted him among France's national heroes. The exiled Napoleon sighed for what might have been had his own navy been commanded by someone of like calibre. His lascar sailors feared him as much as they admired him, and nicknamed him 'Admiral Satan'. In an age of remarkable characters, Pierre-Andre de Suffren Saint Tropez, the Bailli de Suffren, was one of the most remarkable: eccentric, irascible, slovenly, gluttonous, possessed of furious energy and lust for battle. He was also the most daring, innovative tactician in France's pre-revolutionary navy."" ""Suffren began his naval career in the service of the Knights of Malta, protecting the Order's shipping against the corsairs of the Barbary coast. Then began the long, slow climb through the ranks of the pre-revolutionary French navy, during which he saw action in the West Indies, ran the blockade during the American war of independence, and was twice taken prisoner by the British, whom he hated ever after."" ""When at last he achieved independent command, this hatred fuelled his determination to beat the British in the Indian Ocean. At stake was France's alliance with Haidar Ali, the shrewd and battle-scarred Nawab of Mysore, and hence control of southern India. Suffren brought all his tactical brilliance and radical innovation to bear: his opponent, the indomitable Admiral Sir Edward Hughes, was no less determined, and the resulting campaign was as fierce as it was evenly balanced, ending only with the declaration of peace in 1783. Suffren returned to France, to be feted and feasted by nobility and populace alike. He ended his life there, having acquired honours and avoirdupois in more or less equal measure."" ""Roderick Cavaliero's is the first English-language biography of this extraordinary man. It is a vivid portrait of an individual and his world, with sharply drawn descriptions of people, places and events - and, of course, the sea battles, with their mingled excitement and danger. Above all, Suffren himself comes to life, with his immense vitality, his volcanic rages, his eccentricities and his matchless understanding of war in his chosen element, the sea.
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Cavaliero, Roderick was born on March 21, 1928 in Wrotham, Kent, England.
Bachelor in Modern History with honors, Oxford (England) University, 1949.
Teacher, St. Edward's College, Malta, 1952-1958; officer, British Council, India, 1958-1967; director, British Council, Brazil, 1967-1970; contractor personnel, British Council, London, 1970-1975; director, British Council, Italy, 1975-1977; assistant director general, British Council, London, 1977-1981; deputy director general, British Council, London, 1981-1988; chairman management committee, trustee, British School at Rome, Italy, 1991-1996. Trustee Charles Wallace India Trust, United Kingdom, since 1981. Trustee, honorary treasurer Keats-Shelley Memorial Association, United Kingdom, since 1989.
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Chairman Education and Training Export Committee, London, 1978-1988. Director Open University Enterprises, Milton Keynes, England, 1980-1988. Member Franco-British Council, London, 1981-1988.
President Bris. Educational Equipment Association, London, 1988-1992.
Married Mary McDonnell, August 31, 1957. Children: Marie-Louise, Annamaria, Rohan, Rosalind, Juliana.