Autobiography of a Seaman, Vol. 2
by Lord Thomas Cochrane
About this book
This second volume of the biography of Lord Cochrane deals with his fall from grace, imprisonment for debt, loss of honours, and attempts to clear his name. It has had a marked influence on naval fiction, most obviously on some of the novels by Patrick O'Brian. - Summary by Timothy Ferguson
Chapters (24)
1Chapter 24 - A Naval Study For All Time
2Chapter 25 - A Naval Study Continued
3Chapter 26 - A Naval Study Continued
4Chapter 27 - Conduct of the Court-Martial
5Chapter 28 - The Vote of Thanks
6Chapter 29 - Refusal of My Plans For Attacking the French Fleet in the Scheldt
7Chapter 30 - My Plans For Attacking the French Coast Refused, And Myself Superseded
8Chapter 31 - Visit To The Admiralty Court At Malta
9Chapter 32 - Naval legislation Half A Century Ago
10Chapter 33 - Opening of parliament, 1812
11Chapter 34 - My Secret Plans
12Chapter 35 - Naval and Other Discussions in Parliament
13Chapter 36 - My Marriage
14Chapter 37 part 1 - Naval Abuses
15Chapter 37 part 2 - Naval Abuses
16Chapter 38 - The Stock-Exchange Trial
17Chapter 39 - Untitled
18Chapter 40 - Untitled
19Appendices 1 and 2
20Appendices 3 and 4
21Appendices 5 to 8
22Appendices 9 to 12
23Appendices 13 to 17
24Appendices 18 to 20
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