The "Fighting Temeraire"
Legend of Trafalgar

J.M.W. Turner's The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to her Last Berth to be Broken Up (1838) was his masterpiece. Sam Willis tells the real-life story behind this remarkable painting.

It covers every aspect of life in the sailing navy, with particular emphasis on amphibious warfare, disease, victualling, blockade, mutiny and, of course, fleet battle, for it was at Trafalgar that the Temeraire really won her fame. An evocative and magnificent narrative history by a master historian.

List of illustrations.
Maps.
Preface.
The Escaping Temeraire.
The Captured Temeraire.
The Amphibious Temeraire.
The New Temeraire.
The Blockading Temeraire.
The Mutinous Temeraire.
The Trafalgar Temeraire.
The Baltic and Iberian Temeraire.
The Retired Temeraire.
The Fighting Temeraire.
Postscript.
Epilogue: On Iconic Warships.
Appendix 1: Ship Diagrams.
Appendix 2: The crew of HMS Temeraire at the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805.
Appendix 3: Poems and Songs.
Glossary.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.