Introduction....................................................................................viii
Foreword.............................................................................................xi
Pastures New...................................................................................13

The Widow and the Lion.............................................................23
The Copper Years..........................................................................
The Golden Age...............................................................................65
The Dark Age...................................................................................69

Decline and Fall.............................................................................86
Eclipse.................................................................................................92
Chronology......................................................................................101
Appendix..........................................................................................104

Plates................................................................................................129
Acknowledgements......................................................................137
Bibliography...................................................................................139
Index..................................................................................................140