LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE: A Chapter in the Life of a Naval Officer
A Novel by Gilbert Hackforth-Jones
1960, no edition remarks.
254 pages
Hodder and Stoughton, London
A faithful and amusing record of the dyed-in-the-wool traditionalist who gradually succumbs to the lure of the modern world. Captain Sebastian Grange, DSO, RN, here gives his own version of his attempts to become an ultra-modern naval officer, which are unfortunately misunderstood by the Civil Lord of the Admiralty.