Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Prologue 1
6. 1. Beginnings 9
7. 2. A Patron and Two Mysteries 33
8. 3. “Long Choosing, and Beginning Late,” 62
9. 4. Moor Park Once More 79
10. 5. The Village and the Castle 94
11. 6. London 113
12. 7. “A Very Positive Young Man,” 125
13. 8. The Scandalous Tub 131
14. 9. Swift and God 147
15. 10. First Fruits 154
16. 11. The War and the Whigs 164
17. 12. Swift the Londoner 177
18. 13. At The Summit 191
19. 14. The Journal to Stella 215
20. 15. Enter Vanessa 231
21. 16. Tory Triumph 241
22. 17. Tory Collapse 243
23. 18. Reluctant Dubliner 267
24. 19. Political Peril 286
25. 20. The Irish Countryside 297
26. 21. Stella 307
27. 22. Vanessa in Ireland 320
28. 23. National Hero 338
29. 24. The Astonishing Travels 357
30. 25. Gulliver in England 379
31. 26. Disillusionment and Loss 393
32. 27. Frustrated Patriot 411
33. 28. Swift Among the Women 424
34. 29. The Disgusting Poems 443
35. 30. Waiting for the End 454
36. Chronology 473
37. Abbreviations 477
38. Notes 481
39. Illustration Credits 535
40. Index 541