Contents

pp ix-x

List of Illustrations

pp xi-xii

Acknowledgements

pp xiii-xiv

Preface

pp xv-xvi

General Introduction

pp 1-22

Abbreviations and Short Titles Used in Citations

pp 23-24

I - The Beginning of an Enduring Relationship, June 1978–December 1800

pp 25-96

II - The Baltic Campaign, January–June 1801

pp 97-244

III - The Channel Campaign, July–October 1801

pp 245-336

IV - Settled, May 1803–August 1805

pp 337-506

V - The End, September–October 1805

pp 507-532

Appendices

pp 533-534

1 - Selected List of Previous Publications

pp 535-538

2 - Chronology of Nelson's letters to Lady Hamilton

pp 539-556

3 - Items Mentioned in the Letters, Nelson's Wills and Codicils to His Wills

pp 557-562

4 - Poetry Referred to in Nelson's Letters

pp 563-566

5 - Minute of a Conversation with the Prince Royal of Denmark on 3 April 1801

pp 567-572

6 - The Taking of the Swift Cutter: An Attempt to Trace the Documents Captured by l’Espérance in 1804

pp 573-580

7 - Documentation of Flow of Letters in Chapter IV (1803–1805)

pp 581-596

Sources and Documents

pp 597-618

Index

pp 619-642

Miscellaneous Endmatter

pp 643-650