New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2005. Winner of Best New Non-Clinical Book 2006, The Royal Society of Medicine Book Awards. The death of Admiral Nelson on his flagship, the Victory, at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 is the basis of a well-known story. This book focuses on William Beatty, the surgeon who attended Nelson in his last hours and was later to publicize the deathbed scene. It traces his life and career as a leading naval surgeon during the Napoleonic Wars and afterwards.