""Contents ""; ""Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Abbreviations""; ""�Clay in the hands of writers�""; ""A �serious, grown-up, hardworking� little boy""; ""�An extremely strong desire to succeed�""; ""�Such a talented man�""; ""�Bachelorhood seems to encourage rebelliousness�""; ""�Daring to clean out the Augean stables�""; ""�Numerous and implacable enemies�""; ""�The Vengeance of the People�""; ""�Did you want a Revolution without Revolution?�""; ""�A complete regeneration�""; ""�Men with changing tongues�""

""€?The unhappiest man alive�""""�That modern Procrustes�""; ""Chronology""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""