| | 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 |
