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(Edinburgh 10 Oct Reuters) - an exhibition devoted to one of the most colourful marine Scotland and inspiration for fictional heroes of war Napoleonic Horatio Hornblower and Jack Aubrey, give visitors a taste of a bygone era, at the national museum, in Edinburgh.
The exhibition devoted to the Admiral Lord Cochrane (1775-1860) brought together a number of documents and memories never seen in public before and includes portraits, weapons and graphics from the Napoleonic wars. It runs on February 19.
With an eventful career, Fife-born Thomas Cochrane went from hero of the Navy as a commander of the famous frigate and a Radical MP to scandal and disgrace on a stock exchange fraud of 1814.
He has reinvented himself in command of the Navy of rebels of the Chile in its fight for the Spanish colonial yoke - it remains a national hero of the Chile to date - and finally to participate in the war of independence of the Turkish domination of Greek.
"History of Cochrane is also remarkable that no matter what the fictional exploits which he inspired and yet, it remains a character that is not widely known or recognized in Scotland, said Stuart Allan, senior curator of military history at Museums Scotland national."
"This exhibition aims to remedy that by giving people a chance to see first hand artifacts, documents and portraits of life of the Cochrane.".
Cochrane is considered as having been a source of inspiration for the exploits of Horatio Hornblower of C.S. Forester and Jack Aubrey in Patrick O'Brian, which gave birth to the film "Master and Commander: The far Side of the World" released in Russsell Crowe.
The 19th-century novelist Captain Frederick Marryat is using his experiences as a midshipman under the command of Cochrane on his famous frigate imperative for such works as Mr. Superbe Easy.
An inveterate inventor, Cochrane was a sponsor at the beginning of the use of toxic gases, combustion of sulphur here and also built a machine Rotary steam among other machines and gadgets and provided that steam would replace sail to propel the Navy.
Cochrane has also in one of the Napoleonic war novels Sharpe bestseller of Bernard Cornwell.
"Cochrane was a man of extraordinary and frustrating;" a true hero in the age of heroes. "His exploits defy belief it is wonderful that his incredible story is (are) said at the National Museum of Scotland," Cornwell was quoted saying.
The Museum said that if his name may not be if widely as known today, was no doubt of its impact on his own time. ("He was known under the name of Napoleon (which he nicknamed the)" Sea Wolf), praised in verse by Sir Walter Scott and Lord Byron said of him in 1821 "he did y no man I want as much as Lord Cochrane. "
(Edited by Paul Casciato)
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