Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
Prologue: Photographs
Absolutely No Partners
After the Funeral
The Early Life of David Petrie
A Perfect Girl
A Terrible Story
On an Island
David the Ruthless
Funny Farm
Caro Gets Selected
Politics Today
Peter Quint
Interlude: How to be a Political Columnist
In the Rose Garden
David Petrie, MP
A Lesson at a Dinner
Pebbleton
A Warning from Bunty
Public Servants
A Table for Three
The Sports and Social
In the Master’s House
Family Life
Barker
Health and Efficiency
Cleanliness
How to Cure a Columnist
Bathtime Talk
Immorality
Whitehall Life
The Education of David Petrie
A Moving Speech
The Joy of Routine
In the Country
A Sermon in Barker
What Happened to the Idea?
How to Bring Down a Prime Minister
The Choice
A Flying Pot
Building a Better World
To Glaikit – and Back
Back in Barker
In the Hotel
The Happy Accident
A Frank Talk
In the Gallery
A Clever Plan
Showtime
A Stranger in Barker
The Triumph of the Fourth Estate
A Minor Failure of Empathy
Making Good
Final Reckonings
Postscript
Also by Andrew Marr
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