DEDICATION (#ulink_35e2013e-98c6-526c-85ff-4fff6460d88e)
For Bob and my parents – who know the reason why
EPIGRAPH (#ulink_4146f676-d0d5-5128-ae68-7255e16dbf1c)
The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them; a man may live long, yet get little from life.
Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.
– MONTAIGNE, Essays
I have the heart of a man, not of a woman, and I am not afraid of anything …
– ELIZABETH I, Queen of England
CONTENTS
COVER (#uc349ac54-73bb-531f-bfca-5a949c19efa3)
TITLE PAGE (#u6d702c01-7c58-59ef-a828-13e427f8ce96)
DEDICATION (#ulink_d1491aa9-c30e-5c47-993c-6ae947137d66)
EPIGRAPH (#ulink_83a50ded-3c91-580c-a761-7fee1c8e8919)
FOREWORD (#ulink_e4ef0123-ebb1-508d-80e9-549ef801ff26)
PART ONE: The Valley 1968 (#ulink_cd3fa583-109d-5fb7-9f8a-11223a8e75d3)
CHAPTER ONE (#ulink_97e474ac-5fe2-5c0e-90c1-9d97cafffc48)
CHAPTER TWO (#ulink_a498c797-428b-5b4a-a24f-d49e4396cfeb)
CHAPTER THREE (#ulink_2fd5713a-09a6-55b9-b50f-999efe8492ed)
CHAPTER FOUR (#ulink_b193dc20-f28b-54e4-8114-de486710a302)
PART TWO: The Abyss 1904–5 (#ulink_b522cca2-1fcf-52bc-9668-cdb26392ac90)
CHAPTER FIVE (#ulink_9289918c-ba0d-5633-836c-dd5b7ee70b80)
CHAPTER SIX (#ulink_bd05c46f-81ed-5fcd-9fd0-c854d0aab6ca)
CHAPTER SEVEN (#ulink_647c5b11-6f63-50f6-bf69-278fd5986c03)
CHAPTER EIGHT (#ulink_ecac37de-c649-5e83-b884-2054fbc2f688)
CHAPTER NINE (#ulink_cc37c914-4a35-5586-8052-39a2d82b8cd0)
CHAPTER TEN (#ulink_7694385d-5705-56a3-b9a5-0c95cd1c7420)
CHAPTER ELEVEN (#ulink_9e0705c5-3401-54c6-bb6b-c03ecaebef5b)
CHAPTER TWELVE (#ulink_84ae07ee-aed1-5d3d-8644-d66b0467bbd4)
CHAPTER THIRTEEN (#ulink_82f8a08d-0118-5941-b2e0-9f53c8720d91)
CHAPTER FOURTEEN (#ulink_ea7f3f4f-a5bb-5f79-91d6-c619c8c22faa)
CHAPTER FIFTEEN (#ulink_1f955b8e-77f8-5e1e-95e8-9b7dd8824ca4)
CHAPTER SIXTEEN (#ulink_6cf68b9a-316c-5fa6-a2e2-7a7ae583ba65)
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN (#ulink_f1c450b2-6aa0-5b35-9768-c113654a6bf2)
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN (#ulink_97dc23e5-fcf3-5f1d-9198-3dfd89e5c912)
CHAPTER NINETEEN (#ulink_bea98ad9-8201-5fcb-bf1f-ac14cea6ccda)
CHAPTER TWENTY (#ulink_62f51c20-6b02-5dfc-b214-46ee8b051ced)
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE (#ulink_38411f9f-061e-5bc1-8681-08d9fc17905e)
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO (#ulink_4a7403c6-662f-58f9-bbfb-1cdbe7ab08b8)
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE (#ulink_a222e1f6-cce2-596e-8a4b-289238f14e82)
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR (#ulink_edf3a6d4-9104-5066-ac3e-06614616ac55)
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE (#ulink_5637721a-264f-5265-80b4-5cc6d8ccff49)
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX (#ulink_668e0aa8-6f9b-56ab-ac83-4c466620ee47)
PART THREE: The Slope 1905–10 (#ulink_a0cda7f9-1047-5009-a6b5-7a3e9147b32e)
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN (#ulink_899c2f09-f7c5-5ef6-9248-472fd6da1e36)
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT (#ulink_014ebfde-a169-5a9b-a67b-81b00d3e7f8d)
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE (#ulink_c9155fc4-a74d-57f5-8717-91dcfe1144da)
CHAPTER THIRTY (#ulink_e417b488-20de-5a56-89d6-b258a673b56e)
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE (#ulink_a6f6d92e-3294-571f-b828-93d425705a41)
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO (#ulink_0f8b61e8-b9d0-52ab-be9f-012fb0d25e0d)
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE (#ulink_b1822fae-02cc-5be0-972b-f94d8f5ae735)