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Book Review: The Insatiable Earl: A Life of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich 1718–1792

recriminations and counter-charges. Indeed, one cannot help but wonder how coherent policy was ever formulated. But that is not the question Davies attempts to answer. Still, the rewards of persevering are high. Pepys has been the traditional source for much of the naval history of the period, but his extensive prejudices dutifully exposed here render his judgements quite unreliable. Davies bases his study on extensive contemporary evidence, casting his net well beyond Pepys and using fresh evidence both to evaluate Pepys's claims and to reveal the social and political underpinnings of the navy. This he does impressively. The book is rich in detail, yet faithful to the broad outlines which characterized naval activity in this period.