Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Family Tree
Map: French Satellites and French Conquests, 1792–1805
Prologue
PART ONE
1 Elder and Younger
2 Cambridge and the World
3 Ambition on Schedule
4 Brilliant Beginnings
5 Death of Two Governments
6 The Youngest Chancellor
7 Brief Exuberance
8 From Plotter to Prime Minister
9 The Struggle for Supremacy
PART TWO
10 Power and its Limits
11 Private by Nature
12 Spreading His Wings
13 Insanity and Crisis
14 Trials of Strength
15 The Cautious Crusader
16 The View from the Precipice
PART THREE
17 A Tutorial in War
18 Frustrations of Supremacy
19 Insurmountable Obstacles
20 Breaking Point
21 Caution to the Winds
22 The Dashing of Hope
23 Resignation with Hesitation
PART FOUR
24 The Limits of Magnanimity
25 The Old Addiction
26 Back, But Never the Same
27 Too Many Enemies
28 ‘How I Leave My Country’
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Praise
Other Works
P.S. Ideas, interviews & features …
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Copyright
About the Publisher
