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The Boys’ Nelson

by Harold F. B. Wheeler

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  1. 1Dedication — Foreword
  2. 2Epigraph
  3. 3Chapter I — Boyhood and First Years at Sea (1758–1773)
  4. 4Chapter II — A Hero in the Making (1773–1783)
  5. 5Chapter III — Pleasure in France and Work in the West Indies (1783–…
  6. 6Chapter IV — The Beginning of the Great War (1793–1794)
  7. 7Chapter V — “I Wish to Be an Admiral” (1795–96)
  8. 8Chapter VI — Nelson’s First Great Fight: The Battle of Cape St Vinc…
  9. 9Chapter VII — From Triumph to Failure: The Attempt on Santa Cruz (1…
  10. 10Chapter VIII — In Chase of the French Fleet (1798)
  11. 11Chapter IX — The Battle of the Nile 1798
  12. 12Chapter X — The Neapolitan Court and Lady Hamilton
  13. 13Chapter XI — The Neapolitan Rebels and Their French Allies (1799)
  14. 14Chapter XII — Nelson in Temporary Command (1799–1800)
  15. 15Chapter XIII — Disobedience to Orders
  16. 16Chapter XIV — The Campaign of the Baltic (1800–1)
  17. 17Chapter XV — The Battle of Copenhagen (1801)
  18. 18Chapter XVI — The Threatened Invasion of England (1801)
  19. 19Chapter XVII — The Vigil Off Toulon (1803)
  20. 20Chapter XVIII — Twelve Weary Months in the Mediterranean (1804)
  21. 21Chapter XIX — The Crisis (1805)
  22. 22Chapter XX — Nelson’s Last Command (1805)
  23. 23Chapter XXI — The Rout in Trafalgar Bay (1805)

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