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there had been "crazy deductions, distortions, prejudice, and occasional bone-headed obstinacy of witnesses and the court", and the huge success of this enabled him to begin writing books full-time. Next came several works on naval history, including
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139:. On leaving a junior officer's life with P&O, Padfield later commented that "Cargo boats, public schools, and prisons have a great deal in common". After New York, he returned to sea in the Pacific, including a visit to
214:'s flight to Britain in 1941. He developed the theory that it may have been part of a significant German peace offer and suggested that Hess was carrying documents with detailed proposals from
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598:'The Titanic and the Californian by Peter Padfield' in
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Hess, Hitler & Churchill by Peter Padfield, review
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343:Rule Britannia: the Victorian and Edwardian Navy
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