The pursuit of victory
Subtitle: the life and achievement of Horatio Nelson
By: Roger Knight
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 873
ISBN-13: 9780465037643
Subjects: Great Britain. Royal Navy; Great Britain; Naval History; Admirals; Biography; History
Other titles: Life and achievement of Horatio Nelson
Notes: Originally published: London : A. Lane ; New York : Penguin, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 684-712) and index.
Table of contents: title: Youth and disappointment, 1758-1793. Burnham Thorpe (September 1758-April 1771); title: The Navy in 1771; title: Horace Nelson, Midshipman (May 1771-April 1777); title: Lieutenant to Captain : the West Indies (April 1777-November 1780); title: Albemarle (November 1780-March 1784); title: Boreas and the West Indies (March 1784-July 1786); title: Senior Naval Officer, Leeward Islands (August 1786-November 1787); title: Half-pay in Norfolk (December 1787-December 1792); title: Maturity and triumph, 1793-1798. The Navy in 1793; title: The commissioning of the Agamemnon (January-August 1793); title: The western Mediterranean : frustrated subordinate (July 1793-July 1795); title: The western Mediterranean : independent command (July 1795-December 1796); title: La Minerve and the Blanche to Porto Ferrajo (December 1796-February 1797); title: The battle of Cape St Vincent and the blockade of Cadiz (14 February-14 July 1797); title: Disaster at Santa Cruz (14 July-4 September 1797); title: Recovery and high command (September 1797-May 1798); title: Chasing the French (3 May-1 August 1798); title: The battle of the Nile (1 August-22 September 1798); title: Passion and discredit, 1798-1801. Palermo and Naples (22 September 1798-6 August 1799); title: Dalliance and dishonour (7 August 1799-8 November 1800); title: Separation (8 November 1800-March 1801); title: Copenhagen (March-2 April 1801); title: Commander-in-Chief, Baltic Fleet (April-June 1801); title: Boulogne (July-October 1801); title: Adulation and death, 1801-1805. Peace and the journey to Wales (October 1801-May 1803); title: The Peace of Amiens (October 1801-May 1803); title: Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean (May 1803-January 1805); title: The long chase (January-September 1805); title: Trafalgar (14 September-21 October 1805); title: The transfiguration. The funeral (9 January 1806); title: The nineteenth and twentieth centuries; title: The summing-up.