Sam Willis has lectured at Bristol University and at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. He is the author of Fighting at Sea in the Eighteenth Century: The Art of Sailing Warfare and the highly successful Fighting Ships series for Quercus.

List of Illustrations. Maps. Introduction: Benbow's Book. Benbow's Bloodline. Benbow's Barges. Benbow's Barbary Coast. Benbow's Court Martial. Benbow's Corsairs' Heads. Benbow's Revolution. Benbow's Battle Fleets. Benbow's Dockyard. Benbow's Invasion. Benbow's Nail Bomb. Benbow's Bombardments. Benbow's Convoys. Benbow's Benevolence. Benbow's Hospital. Benbow's House. Benbow's Caribbean. Benbow's Last Fight. Epilogue: Benbow's Celebrity. Appendix I: Benbow's Chronology. Appendix II: Benbow's Warships. Appendix III: Benbow's Songs. Appendix IV: Benbow's Fruit Trees. Glossary. Notes. Bibliography. Index.