A captain complains
21 February 2023PZ.594 Prima Donna
1 March 2023
The French Revolution brought challenges for anyone with royalist connections. One such was Gaetan D’Alvimart who is mentioned in a letter written by Captain McLeod of HMS Antelope, probably in 1810. He is referred to as ‘an unpleasant shipmate’, with some justification as his history is, to say the least, chequered …