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
1 Chapter 24 - A Naval Study For All Time 23 min 2 Chapter 25 - A Naval Study Continued 44 min 3 Chapter 26 - A Naval Study Continued 1 h 10 min 4 Chapter 27 - Conduct of the Court-Martial 35 min 5 Chapter 28 - The Vote of Thanks 37 min 6 Chapter 29 - Refusal of My Plans For Attacking the French Fleet in the Scheldt 44 min 7 Chapter 30 - My Plans For Attacking the French Coast Refused, And Myself Superseded 26 min 8 Chapter 31 - Visit To The Admiralty Court At Malta 23 min 9 Chapter 32 - Naval legislation Half A Century Ago 1 h 6 min 10 Chapter 33 - Opening of parliament, 1812 20 min 11 Chapter 34 - My Secret Plans 29 min 12 Chapter 35 - Naval and Other Discussions in Parliament 39 min 13 Chapter 36 - My Marriage 5 min 14 Chapter 37 part 1 - Naval Abuses 42 min 15 Chapter 37 part 2 - Naval Abuses 34 min 16 Chapter 38 - The Stock-Exchange Trial 41 min 17 Chapter 39 - Untitled 45 min 18 Chapter 40 - Untitled 45 min 19 Appendices 1 and 2 22 min 20 Appendices 3 and 4 20 min 21 Appendices 5 to 8 16 min 22 Appendices 9 to 12 34 min 23 Appendices 13 to 17 34 min 24 Appendices 18 to 20 40 min
