Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents IX
4. List of Illustrations XI
5. Chapter I. Discoveries 1
6. Chapter II. Lessons of Life 29
7. Chapter III. Early Plays and Early Friendships 50
8. Chapter IV. His Art Comes of Age in Leonor de Guzman 96
9. Chapter V. The Triumph of Francesca da Rimini 123
10. Chapter VI. A Storm Brews 161
11. Chapter VII. A Storm Breaks - The Civil War 192
12. Chapter VIII. A Poet Adrift 231
13. Chapter IX. A Poet as Diplomatist 275
14. Chapter X. The Last Years 314
15. Appendix I. A Chronological List of The Writings of George Henry Boker 343
16. Appendix II. Bibliographies 350
17. Index 357