John Hawley, Merchant, Mayor and Privateer

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• Michael Connors

• John Hawley was a Dartmouth merchant who became a privateer admiral and was the scourge of the Bretons during the middle part of the Hundred Years War. He effectively ran Dartmouth for nearly forty years, serving as its mayor fourteen times and representing it in Parliament for four terms. He became a public hero and yet was for a time imprisoned in the Tower of London.

   

  168 pages including 8 page in colour
  
   70 illustrations including 21 in colour and 5 maps
  
   73,000 words • hardback • 234mm x 156mm

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