Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Preface VII
4. PART ONE. Halifax Boy and Lawyer, 1845-1877
5. 1. J.S. Thompson Comes to Halifax 1
6. 2. Father and Son 10
7. 3. The Courting of Annie Affleck 20
8. 4. The Halifax of Alderman Thompson 34
9. 5. Practising Law 50
10. PART TWO. Politician, Attorney General, and Judge, 1877-1885
11. 6. Getting Elected for Antigonish 69
12. 7. Attorney General of Nova Scotia 80
13. 8. The Fall of the Holmes-Thompson Government 97
14. 9. Mr Justice Thompson 116
15. PART THREE. The Train to Ottawa: Minister of Justice in Macdonald's Cabinet, 1885-1891
16. 10. Minister of Justice 137
17. 11. Defending the Macdonald Government 160
18. 12. Administering the Department of Justice 180
19. 13. Adventures in Washington 203
20. 14. Overseer of Provincial Law: Thompson and Disallowance 223
21. 15. Dragon's Teeth 245
22. 16. Thompson's Canadian Diplomacy 270
23. PART FOUR. Becoming Prime Minister, 1891-1894
24. 17. The Wages of the Macdonald Era 295
25. 18. Steadying the Helm 314
26. 19. The New Prime Minister 342
27. 20. The Paris Interlude, 1893 369
28. 21. The Weight of Responsibility 387
29. 22. The End of Things 415
30. 23. In the Service of His Country 432
31. EPILOGUE 440
32. Notes 445
33. Picture Credits 524
34. Bibliographical Essay 525
35. Index 529