Because of their fascination with the sea, in common with nineteenth-century bards and painters, France’s marine bards sometimes have direct family connections with the Navy: Rear-Admiral Jean Cras, for example, represents an illustrious line of French naval officers who sailed the high seas, joining ranks with the likes of Antoine Mariotte, Albert Roussel and, to a lesser extent, Jacques Ibert, between two ‘escales’
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