Memories, by Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Royal Navy Memoir of Dreadnought Reform, Imperial Sea Power, and Edwardian CommandBy John Arbuthnot Fisher Baron Fisher
Length9h 18m
About this audiobook
Memories, by Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher is less a conventional autobiography than a forceful act of naval self-interpretation. Through reminiscence, anecdote, letters, and combative reflection, Fisher recounts a career inseparable from the modernization of British sea power. Its style is brisk, aphoristic, and unmistakably Edwardian: personal, polemical, and saturated with the strategic anxieties of an empire dependent upon maritime command. John Arbuthnot Fisher, later Baron Fisher, entered the Royal Navy as a boy and rose to become First Sea Lord, the driving figure behind reforms in gunnery, training, fleet organization, and the revolutionary HMS Dreadnought. His long service, imperial experience, and fierce controversies with naval conservatives shaped this book's urgency. Written after immense public conflict and wartime disappointment, it often reads as both testimony and vindication. This volume is recommended to readers interested in naval history, imperial Britain, military reform, and the psychology of command. Scholars will value its insight into institutional change; general readers will find in Fisher a vivid, difficult, brilliant personality whose memories illuminate the making of the modern Royal Navy.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A succinct Introduction situates the work's timeless appeal and themes.
- The Synopsis outlines the central plot, highlighting key developments without spoiling critical twists.
- A detailed Historical Context immerses you in the era's events and influences that shaped the writing.
- A thorough Analysis dissects symbols, motifs, and character arcs to unearth underlying meanings.
- Reflection questions prompt you to engage personally with the work's messages, connecting them to modern life.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir
Length9 hrs 18 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 6, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
3718th Meeting of War Council, March 19th, 1915.
2Introduction
3819th Meeting of War Council, May 14th, 1915.
3Synopsis
39An Episode of the War.
4Historical Context
40Statement of new Shipbuilding Inaugurated by Lord Fisher.
5PREFACE
41Tuesday, November 3rd, 1914.
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6CHAPTER I KING EDWARD VII
42Building Programme.
7Postscript.
43CHAPTER VI ABDUL HAMID AND THE POPE
8Lord Esher to Lord Fisher
44CHAPTER VII A JEU D’ESPRIT BOWS AND ARROWS—SNAILS AND TORTOISES—FACILE DUPES AND SERVILE COPYISTS
9Letter from Lord Redesdale
45CHAPTER VIII NAVAL WAR STAFF AND ADMIRALTY CLERKS
10Extract from a Letter from Sir John Fisher to King Edward
46CHAPTER IX RECAPITULATION OF DEEDS AND IDEAS
11Germany has been paralysed by the “Dreadnought.”
47“Seekest Thou Great Things for Thyself? Seek them not!” (The Prophet Jeremiah.)
12Nelson’s Copenhagen
48Aircraft.
13Queen Alexandra , Lord Knollys , and Sir Dighton Probyn .
49The Submarine Mine
14CHAPTER II “THE MOON SWAYS OCEANS AND PROVOKES THE HOUND.”
50CHAPTER X APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
15CHAPTER III ADMIRAL VON POHL AND ADMIRAL VON TIRPITZ
51The “Warrior”
16From Lord Fisher to a Friend
52How I became Captain of the “Inflexible”
17Lord Fisher to a Privy Councillor
53CHAPTER XI NELSON
18From a Privy Councillor to Lord Fisher
54CHAPTER XII LETTERS TO LORD ESHER
19CHAPTER IV ECONOMY IS VICTORY
551903 [ Sir John Fisher, Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth ].
20CHAPTER V THE DARDANELLES
56[“ The Army and Navy Co-operative Society. ”
21Lord Fisher to Colonel Sir Maurice Hankey
57CHAPTER XIII AMERICANS
22Lord Fisher to the Right Hon. Winston Churchill.
58Lord Fisher on John Bright
233rd Meeting of the War Council, November 25th, 1914.
59Sir Hiram Maxim
244th Meeting of War Council, December 1st, 1914.
60CHAPTER XIV SOME SPECIAL MISSIONS
257th Meeting of War Council, January 8th, 1915.
61Reval
268th Meeting of War Council, January 13th, 1915.
62Cartagena
279th Meeting of War Council, January 28th, 1915, 11.30 a.m.
63Kiamil Pasha
28The Dardanelles.
64CHAPTER XV SOME PERSONALITIES
2910th Meeting of War Council (same day) , January 28th, 1915, at 6.30 p.m.
65Letter from Sir Nathaniel Barnaby, K.C.B. (formerly Chief Constructor of the Navy) to Lord Fisher.
3011th Meeting of War Council, February 9th, 1915.
66From Lord Fisher to Sir N. Barnaby in 1883.
3112th Meeting of War Council, February 16th, 1915.
67History of Provision of 24 Light-draught Gunboats for Mesopotamia.
3213th Meeting of War Council, February 19th, 1915.
68CHAPTER XVI THINGS THAT PLEASE ME
3314th Meeting of War Council, February 24th, 1915.
69EPILOGUE MOUNT PISGAH
3415th Meeting of War Council, February 26th, 1915.
70Analysis
3516th Meeting of War Council, March 3rd, 1915.
71Reflection
3617th Meeting of War Council, March 10th, 1915.
72Memorable Quotes
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