Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Chronology xv
5. Preface xix
6. 1. They'd prefer ice-cream 1
7. 2. Work for King and Country 8
8. 3. Willie's boy 21
9. 4. Somebody might like me for myself 37
10. 5. An ambitious little pragmatist 56
11. 6. Mysterious forces within man 69
12. 7. Take what you want said God Take it and pay for it 87
13. 8. It was easy to lose courage 100
14. 9. Exploring the universe 113
15. 10. The solid basis of qualifications 133
16. 11. Listening to Mozart - I felt such love 151
17. 12. Out of the shadows into truth 168
18. 13. No satisfactory compromise was possible 187
19. 14. Old and dirty and fat 205
20. 15. The fifth column 216
21. 16. Simone Weil 228
22. 17. Lament 240
23. 18. A lone wolf 254
24. 19. Intimations of deprival 271
25. 20. The botched and the bungled 286
26. 21. Museum culture 302
27. 22. Caught up in fates 323
28. 23. Christ's care is for all 339
29. 24. Out of Christian certainties 352
30. 25. No great disaster 366
31. Epilogue 371
32. Notes 373
33. Sources
34. Archival and interview sources 441
35. Works mentioned in text or notes 444
36. Selected secondary sources 447
37. Bibliography of George Grant's Publications 450
38. Index 461
39. Photo credits 473