Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Editor’s Note vii
3. Contents ix
4. Plates x
5. Preface xi
6. Introduction 1
7. I. The Spell of Disraeli 13
8. II. Lord Randolph Ramps: Akers-Douglas Arrives 36
9. III. ‘Politics Are Ireland’ 56
10. IV. The Unionist Alliance 77
11. V. The Climax of Churchill 92
12. VI. Reconstruction and Attack 112
13. VII. Critics and Malcontents 130
14. VIII. Churchill’s Final Flings 151
15. IX. Tory Attitudes to Reform 169
16. X. The Stricken Leader 186
17. XI. Close of a Chapter 201
18. XII. A Dying Parliament 221
19. XIII. In Opposition 241
20. XIV. The Alliance in the Balance 258
21. XV. ‘Eminence Grise’ 277
22. XVI. Army Education and Home Office 295
23. XVII. The Cabinet Crisis of 1903 312
24. XVIII. The Tariff Reform Imbroglio 325
25. XIX. Last Battles 342
26. Bibliography 359
27. Index 365