Foreword. Preface . Preface to the Second Edition (online). List of Acronyms and Abbreviations . List of Illustrations . Prologue.
- 1. Powerful Patrons. ‘A thousand scrapes’. Palmerston and Dickens. Caught out by ‘Lord Fiddlededee’.
- 2 .‘The Roving Englishman’. Arise, ‘Sir Hector Stuble’!. British diplomacy – ‘a lugubrious farce’. Satire and anonymity.
- 3. Revenge of the ‘Cousinocracy’. Exiled to Mytilene. Locked out. ‘Are you, or are you not, the “Roving Englishman”’?. Persian punishment. Ordeal at Odessa. Dismissed by ‘Count von Quickmarch’.
- 4. The Queen’s Messenger. ‘Ho, All Ye Who Have Suffered Wrong!’. The ‘Coachington’ affair – and jumping bail.
- 5. A ‘Literary Manufactory’ in Paris. A family business. A ghost at the siege . The production line . The cult of mystery. The ennobling grievance .
- Epilogue.
- Appendix 1 Grenville-Murray’s books: anonymous, pseudonymous, and signed.
- Appendix 2 Grenville-Murray’s articles in the Cornhill Magazine .
- Appendix 3 Key Primary Sources Free Online.
- References .
- Illustrations.
- Index