Оглавление
Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen. The Admiral
The Admiral
Table of Contents
Preface
Prologue.—Introducing the Reader to the Lady Katherine Fleet
Chapter I.—Of the finding of Lord Nelson’s Journal
Chapter II.—Introducing the Admiral
Chapter III.—Of the Letters of a Boy and a Girl
Chapter IV.—Of our Entry into Syracuse
Chapter V.—In which Will has his first Chance, and his first Escapade, and his first Meeting with the Princess of Favara
Chapter VI.—At the Fountain of Cyané and the Papyrus Beds of the Anapo
Chapter VII.—Satisfying a Prince’s Honour
Chapter VIII.—Of the Battle of the Nile, on the First of August, 1798
Chapter IX.—How the Admiral began his friendship with Lady Hamilton
Chapter X.—What happened at the Ball given by Lady Hamilton in honour of the Admiral
Chapter XI.—How the Admiral entered the maze of Neapolitan Politics
Chapter XII.[3]—Of a Visit to Pompeji in 1798, in which there were Lovers, and of the Supper in the Inn at Resina
Chapter XIII.—Of the Supper at the Palace that followed
Chapter XIV.—What the Admiral wrote of My Lady in his Journal
Chapter XV.—Of the Voyage to Malta, with the Account of what happened at Caserta
Chapter XVI.—What the Admiral wrote in his Journal about Love
Chapter XVII.—Which the Idle Reader may skip, as Politics. It sets forth the Cowardice and unravels the Intrigues which led to the Fall of Naples
Chapter XVIII.—How the Neapolitans declared War, and how they waged it
Chapter XIX.—How Two Millions and a half of Treasure were smuggled from the Palace to the British Ambassador’s
Chapter XX.—How the Vanguard took the Royal Family to Palermo in the greatest Storm The Admiral ever knew
Chapter XXI.—How Will was entertained by the Princess at her Palace of the Favara.[7]
Chapter XXII.—How all Europe was at Sixes and Sevens
Chapter XXIII.—Of the Love of the Admiral and My Lady
Chapter XXIV.—How the Admiral went to the Favara, and the Prophecy began its Fulfilment
Chapter XXV.—How the Admiral took Naples, and of the Hanging of Caracciolo
Chapter XXVI.—Of the strange Plight in which Will found Katherine
Chapter XXVII.—Of the Death of Donna Rusidda, the Resurrection of Caracciolo, and the Happy Ending
