Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface: Fictions of Identity vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. The Representative Affair 9
7. 2. The Byronic Legacy 34
8. 3. Virtues and Vanities 58
9. 4. Henrietta: A Love Story 82
10. 5. What Is He? The Crisis Examined 109
11. 6. Prejudice 142
12. 7. Vindication 177
13. 8. Young England / Coningsby 198
14. 9. Sir Robert Peel and the Apotheosis of Young England 231
15. 10. Sybil: Two Nations, or One? An Allegorical Romance 256
16. 11. Rhetoric, Principles, and Expediency: The Corn Law Debate of 1846 and the Politics of Protection 280
17. 12. Tancred and the Politics of Identity: Principles, Expediency, and Trust 316
18. 13. Leadership 336
19. 14. On Top of the Greasy Pole: The Disestablishment Crisis of 1868 355
20. 15. Lothair: The Politics of Love, Faith, and Duty 391
21. 16. “The Family Romance”: Politics, Power, and Love in Endymion 427
22. 17. The “Faery” Queen, the “Arch Villain,” and the “Mephistopheles of Statesmanship” 446
23. 18. The Conquering Hero / Falconet 488
24. Notes 505
25. Bibliography 561
26. Index 573