Cover
About the Author
Imprint
Title Page
Acknowledgement
Dedication
CONTENTS
EXPLANATORY NOTE
PART ONE
1. I AM AESI
2. THE CROSSING
3. BRISTLY
A BEGINNING
4. A VERY GEORGIAN MATCH
5. THAT FIRST LUMINOUS MOMENT
6. PURPLE PARSON-IN-THE-PULPIT
7. THE RISING GENERATION
8. DAPPER DAN
9. THE WAITING HEART
PART TWO
10. FIERY RECKONINGS
11. THE PHOENIX STIRS
12. PETITIONS, PARASOLS AND PARADE GROUNDS
13. A PEEP INTO FUTURITY
14. THE STUNNER AT THE SOIREE
15. THE SWORD AND THE STONE
16. TRICOLOUR
17. THE COURAGE TO COPE

18. SEEN FROM AFAR
PART THREE
19. COLD BEDS AND HOT POTATOES
20. THE LIKE-MINDED
21. VIOLATIO
22. THE ROSES OF HELIOGABALUS
23. YELLOW BELLS
A VIGOROUS CLIMBER
24. DANDY LION
OR THE PRINCE AND THE PILGRIM
25. UPRISINGS
26. QUITE BLOOMING
27. A THORNY CROWN
28. STILL ACHIEVING
STILL PURSUING
29. DEEP RETREATS
30. SIGHING FOR AUSTRALIA
EPILOGUE
Picture section
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INDEX