Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vi
4. Acknowledgments vii
5. Preface: A Literary History of Politics ix
6. 1. The Theatre Rage 1
7. 2. An Uneducated Man 19
8. 3. A Pushing Age 34
9. 4. War of the Worlds 48
10. 5. A Portrait of the Artist 65
11. 6. Publicity Capital 73
12. 7. Things to Come 82
13. 8. Comédie Anglaise 95
14. 9. On the Stage of History 117
15. 10. What Actually Happened 144
16. 11. Revolutionaries 160
17. 12. The Chancellor’s Star Turn 181
18. 13. That Special Relationship 199
19. 15. The Producer 215
20. 16. Blackout 249
21. 17. The Loaded Pause 273
22. 18. The Hour of Fate and the Crack of Doom 290
23. 19. This Different England 326
24. 20. The War Poet 351
25. 21. Victory? 369
26. 22. The Summit 395
27. 23. The Last Whig 411
28. 24. The Terrible Ifs 425
29. Notes 451
30. Index 495