Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Author’s Note on Terminology ix
4. Prologue: King Henry’s Drama xi
5. Introduction: On Doing Justice to Christophe’s Story 1
6. 1 A Future King Is Born 11
7. 2 A Child in a World of Slavery and Revolution 26
8. 3 Tracing Genealogies to the Future King 57
9. 4 Rising and Falling with Revolution 90
10. 5 Complicated Victories 125
11. 6 Love, Loss, and Betrayal Under Uncertain Skies 168
12. 7 America Avenged 208
13. 8 Empires Rise . . . 252
14. 9 Cracks in Imperial Authority 272
15. 10 Empires Fall . . . 303
16. 11 The Dawn of Civil War 326
17. 12 A King Is Crowned 363
18. 13 Three French Spies 384
19. 14 The Age of Christophean Diplomacy 409
20. 15 The Age of Christophean Prosperity 425
21. 16 Cracks in Kingly Authority 443
22. 17 A King Is Gone, but Not Forgotten 461
23. 18 Kingdom of the Next World 480
24. Epilogue: The Greatest Heist in History 497
25. Acknowledgments 509
26. Notes 513
27. Index 597
28. ILLUSTRATION CREDITS 627
29. A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR 631
30. A NOTE ON THE TYPE 632