Chez Meissonier
Modern life
The lure of perfection
Mademoiselle V.
Dreams of genius
Youthful daring
A baffling maze of canvas
The Salon of Venus
The tempest of fools
Famous victories
Young France
Deliberations
Room M
Plein air
A beastly slop
The apostle of ugliness
Maître Velázquez
The jury of assassins
Monet or Manet?
A flash of swords
Marvels, wonders and miracles
Funeral for a friend
Maneuvers
A salon of newcomers
Au bord de la mer
Mademoiselle Berthe
Flying gallops
The wild boar of the Batignolles
Vaulting ambitions
The Prussian terror
The last days of Paris
A carnival of blood
Days of hardship
The apples of discord
A ring of gold
Pure Haarlem beer
Beyond perfection
The liberation of Paris
Epilogue: finishing touches
Political timeline.