Audiobooks War & Military Autobiography of a Seaman, Vol. 2
Autobiography of a Seaman, Vol. 2

Autobiography of a Seaman, Vol. 2

by Lord Thomas COCHRANE (1775 - 1860)

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


Appendices 1 and 2

Appendices 13 to 17

Appendices 18 to 20

Appendices 3 and 4

Appendices 5 to 8

Appendices 9 to 12

Chapter 24 - A Naval Study For All Time

Chapter 25 - A Naval Study Continued

Chapter 26 - A Naval Study Continued

Chapter 27 - Conduct of the Court-Martial

Chapter 28 - The Vote of Thanks

Chapter 29 - Refusal of My Plans For Attacking the French Fleet in the Scheldt

Chapter 30 - My Plans For Attacking the French Coast Refused, And Myself Superseded

Chapter 31 - Visit To The Admiralty Court At Malta

Chapter 32 - Naval legislation Half A Century Ago

Chapter 33 - Opening of parliament, 1812

Chapter 34 - My Secret Plans

Chapter 35 - Naval and Other Discussions in Parliament

Chapter 36 - My Marriage

Chapter 37 part 1 - Naval Abuses

Chapter 37 part 2 - Naval Abuses

Chapter 38 - The Stock-Exchange Trial

Chapter 39 - Untitled

Chapter 40 - Untitled