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22 days ago · Edinburgh
Why Scotland's real-life 'Master and Commander', Thomas Cochrane, deserves a statue in Edinburgh – Peter Moore
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Thomas Cochrane was the thrilling prototype for Patrick O’Brian’s fictional hero Jack Aubrey and a champion of democracy who condemned slavery
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