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Jackie Fisher
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:43 am
by Bureaucromancer
I'm wondering if anyone is aware of a good biography of Jackie Fisher out there? I haven't done a greatly detailed search, but there doesn't seem to be a whole lot for how important he was...
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 4:40 pm
by Terje Langoy
G´day all
According to DK Brown the best biography on Admiral Jackie Fisher is the book
Fisher of Kilverstone written by author Ruddock Finlay Mackay...
http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Kilverston ... 0198224095
I have not read the book myself but it´s definitely on my list
Kind regards
Re: Jackie Fisher
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 1:11 am
by Bureaucromancer
Thanks, will take a look.
Re: Jackie Fisher
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 9:31 am
by simonharley
A somewhat belated response to this but if you want to know as much as possible about Fisher, then you're best off getting and reading the three main biographies.
Bacon, The Life of Lord Fisher of Kilverstone (II volumes).
Hough, First Sea Lord.
Mackay, Fisher of Kilverstone.
Then there are the three volumes of letters edited by Arthur J. Marder in the 1950s, and two volumes of naval papers edited by Peter Kemp for the Navy Records Society.
I always work on the basis that if you want to know something about somebody, you're best off knowing everything.
Simon