| | PAGE | | Foreword | 7 | | CHAP. | | I. | Boyhood and First Years at Sea | 19 | | II. | A Hero in the Making | 29 | | III. | Pleasure in France and Work in the West Indies | 42 | | IV. | The Beginning of the Great War | 52 | | V. | “I Wish to be an Admiral” | 66 | | VI. | Nelson’s First Great Fight: The Battle of Cape St Vincent | 74 | | VII. | From Triumph to Failure: The Attempt on Santa Cruz | 87 | | VIII. | In Chase of the French Fleet | 96 | | IX. | The Battle of the Nile | 102 | | X. | The Neapolitan Court and Lady Hamilton | 112 | | XI. | The Neapolitan Rebels and their French Allies | 125 | | XII. | Nelson in Temporary Command | 139 | | XIII. | Disobedience to Orders | 148 | | XIV. | The Campaign of the Baltic | 162 | | XV. | The Battle of Copenhagen | 171 | | XVI. | The Threatened Invasion of England | 182 | | XVII. | The Vigil off Toulon | 195 | | XVIII. | Twelve weary Months in the Mediterranean | 207 | | XIX. | The Crisis | 215 | | XX. | Nelson’s Last Command | 225 | | XXI. | The Rout in Trafalgar Bay | 232 |
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