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Rearview Mirror Chronicles
Keith Hockton, FRAS, is a writer, publisher, and award-winning podcaster based in Penang, Malaysia, with a deep passion for uncovering the stories that shaped our world. As the Southeast Asia Editor for International Living magazine, Keith explores the intersections of history, culture, and modern life across the region.
A dynamic lecturer and storyteller, he speaks internationally on Southeast Asian politics, economics, and history—bringing the past to life with clarity, wit, and insight. Keith is also a proud Fellow of The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland and is on a mission to make history not only accessible but genuinely entertaining for everyone.
His published books include:
• Atlas of Australian Dive Sites - Travellers Edition (Harper Collins Australia, 2003).
• Penang - An inside guide to its historic homes, buildings, monuments and parks (MPH Publishing, 2012; 2nd Edition 2014; 3rd Edition 2017).
• Festivals of Malaysia (Trafalgar Publishing, 2015).
• The Habitat Penang Hill: A pocket history (Entrepot Publishing, 2018)
• Alana and the Secret Life of Trees at Night (Entrepot Publishing, 2018)
• Penang Then & Now: A Century of Change in Pictures (Entrepot Publishing, 2019; 2nd Edition 2021
• Bersama Lima - Five Together (Entrepot Publishing, 2022)
www.entrepotpublishing.com
Rearview Mirror Chronicles
Sea Wolf Rising – Part Three
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In the fading light of empire, Lord Thomas Cochrane stood not as a relic—but as a scar that refused to fade.
Once branded a traitor, imprisoned, and cast into disgrace, Cochrane should have disappeared into the margins of history. Instead, he became something more dangerous: unbound. Exiled from the Royal Navy, he sailed for foreign shores—not to rest, but to ignite revolutions. In Chile, Brazil, and Greece, he unleashed fire on the sea, toppling tyrants and outwitting navies with a fury sharpened by betrayal.
Decades later, battered by time but unbroken, he returned to the country that once destroyed him. And Britain—wary, reluctant—crowned him Admiral of the Fleet.
At 75, the man they couldn’t kill, control, or forget finally stepped back from war. But his legend never did.
Join Keith for the final chapter of Cochrane’s life—a tale of exile, vengeance, and redemption on a global scale. This is not the story of a hero made. This is the story of a hero reforged in fire.
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