Storm and conquest : the battle for the Indian Ocean, 1808-10 /
Stephen Taylor.
- London : Faber, 2007.
- 380 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Admiral Pellew's strategy -- 2. A petition from Bombay -- 3. General Macdowall's grievance -- 4. 'Sir Henry Gwillim embarks and the Devil go with him' -- 5. 'Not heard of again' -- 6. 'A cabal in the maintop' -- 7. Justice at the Gape -- 8. 'One of the most wicked places in the Universe' -- 9. Sir George Barlow draws his sword -- 10. 'A perfect hurricane' -- 11. 'The most terrible of deaths' -- 12. Pellew's revenge
PART II: CONQUEST -- 13. Return to lie de France -- 14. 'A mongrel kind of gendeman' -- 15. 'The enterprizing Captain Corbet' -- 16. Batde on Bourbon -- 17. Commodore Hamelin's cruise -- 18 Christmas at the India House