CHAPTER XI.
NELSON'S RETURN FROM EGYPT TO NAPLES .-- MEETING WITH LADY HAMILTON .-- ASSOCIATION WITH THE COURT OF NAPLES .-- WAR BETWEEN NAPLES AND FRANCE .-- DEFEAT OF THE NEAPOLITANS .-- FLIGHT OF THE COURT TO PALERMO.
SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER, 1798.
Voyage to Naples Recovery from wound His views as to future operations Change of view after reaching Naples Arrival at Naples Meeting with the Hamiltons Previous career of Lady Hamilton Her political influence in Naples Her characteristics Her influence over Nelson Rapid progress of the intimacy His association with the Court He urges Naples to declare war against France Political situation of Naples relatively to France Nelson goes off Malta Returns to Naples Neapolitans advance against the French in Rome Their overthrow and rout The royal family and Court fly to Palermo Nelson in Palermo Scandals about his residence there Troubridge's remonstrances with him.