Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Plates ix
4. List of Illustrations xi
5. Acknowledgements xv
6. General Prologue 1
7. PART I: Becoming
8. Chapter 1. Vintry Ward, London 14
9. Chapter 2. Great Household 43
10. Chapter 3. Reims and Calais 70
11. Chapter 4. Hainault and Navarre 95
12. Chapter 5. Lancaster 120
13. Chapter 6. Genoa and Florence 145
14. PART II: Being
15. Chapter 7. Counting House 172
16. Chapter 8. Cage 197
17. Chapter 9. Milky Way 217
18. Chapter 10. Tower 239
19. Chapter 11. Troy 267
20. Chapter 12. Parliament 295
21. Chapter 13. Empire 314
22. Chapter 14. Garden 342
23. PART III: Approaching Canterbury
24. Chapter 15. South of the Thames 368
25. Chapter 16. Inn 392
26. Chapter 17. Peripheries 410
27. Chapter 18. What Lies Beneath 439
28. Chapter 19. Threshold 466
29. Chapter 20. Abbey 486
30. Epilogue Tomb 506
31. Bibliography 509
32. Index 547