Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. CONTENTS xiii
4. CHAPTER I. Early Days in Ireland and England 1
5. CHAPTER II. Burke Enters Parliament 26
6. CHAPTER III. Member of Parliament for Bristol 59
7. CHAPTER IV. Severance of the Bristol Connection and its Aftermath 101
8. CHAPTER V. Burke's Opposition to Pitt's Plan for Irish Free Trade 136
9. CHAPTER VI. The Irish Mission of Richard Burke, Jr. 152
10. CHAPTER VII. Partial Catholic Emancipation 189
11. CHAPTER VIII. The Projected Irish Viceroy ship of Fitzwilliam 217
12. CHAPTER IX. Fitzwilliam's Brief and Tragic Tenure of Office 241
13. CHAPTER X. The End of a “Great, Just, and Honourable Cause” 1795–1797 272
14. CHAPTER XI Retrospect 310
15. APPENDIXES
16. Appendix I — The Penal Law of 1704 (excerpts) 325
17. Appendix II— The Penal Law of 1709 (précis) 331
18. Appendix III — The Catholic Relief Act of 1778 (excerpts) 332
19. Appendix IV — The Catholic Relief Act of 1782 (excerpts) 334
20. Appendix V — The Catholic Relief Act of 1793 (excerpts) 337
21. Appendix VI — The Penal Laws In Effect After 1793 (summary) 341
22. A Note on Sources and a Selected Bibliography 345
23. Notes 351
24. Index 405