Brave Captains
by V. A. Stuart
Balaklava, Battle of, Balaklava, Ukraine, 1854BritishCrimean War, 1853-1856FictionGreat Britain
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Balaklava, Battle of, Balaklava, Ukraine, 1854BritishCrimean War, 1853-1856FictionGreat BritainGreat Britain. Royal Navy
Setting
Ukraine19th century
About the author
V. A. Stuart
2 January 1914 – August 1986
Violet Vivian Finlay was born on 2 January 1914 in Berkshire, England, UK, the daughter of Alice Kathleen (née Norton) and Sir Campbell Kirkman Finlay. Her father was the owner and director of Burmah Oil Company Ltd., whose Scottish family also owned James Finlay and Company Ltd. The majority of her childhood and youth was spent in Rangoon, Burma (now also known as Myanmar), where her father worked. During her life, she frequently journeyed between India, Singapore, Java and Sumatra. Although Vivian is well-known by the surname of Stuart, she married four times during her lifetime, and had five children: Gillian Rushton (née Porch), Kim Santow, Jennifer Gooch (née Stuart), and twins Vary …
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