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Autobiography of a Seaman, Vol. 2

by Lord Thomas COCHRANE (1775 - 1860)

Chapter 26 - A Naval Study Continued

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

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Listen next episodes of Autobiography of a Seaman, Vol. 2:
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 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Attacking the French Fleet in the Scheldt , Chapter 30 - My Plans For Attacking the French Coast Refused, And Myself Superseded , Chapter 31 - Visit To The Admiralty Court At Malta , Chapter 32 - Naval legislation Half A Century Ago , Chapter 33 - Opening of parliament, 1812 , Chapter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