INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE ix
3. CONTENTS xi
4. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xiii
5. PROËM xv
6. INTRODUCTION xvii
7. THE SERIOUS PEPYS 1
8. AN ACCIDENTAL VICTORIAN: BENJAMIN DISRAELI 31
9. A TRUE ELIZABETHAN: SIR WILLIAM MONSON 65
10. COLONEL THOMAS BLOOD: GROWN-STEALER 95
11. THE FAME OF CROMWELL 149
12. A SERVANT OF THE CROWN: SIR JOHN WENTWORTH 181
13. A HISTORIAN - SAINT: THE VENERABLE BEDE 221
14. COLONEL JOHN SCOTT OF LONG ISLAND 257
15. INDEX 357