Sidetracks Book

I. A Romantic Premontion
Introduction Thomas Chatteron

II. Lost in France
Introduction Monsieur Nadar Gautier in London Poor Pierrot Inside the Tower

III. Five Gothic Shadows
Introduction The Singular Affair of the Reverend Mr Barham The Reverend Maturin and Mr Melmoth M. R. James and Others John Stuart Mill Lord Lisle and the Tudor Nixon Tapes

IV. A Philosophical Love Story
Introduction The Feminist and the Philosopher: A Love Story

V. Shelley’s Ghost
Introduction Scrope’s Last Throw To the Tempest Given

VI. Escapes to Paris
Introduction Scott and Zelda: One Last Trip A Summer with the Novelist Letters from Paris Voltaire’s Grin

VII. Homage to the Godfather
Introduction Boswell’s Bicentenary Boswell Among the Tulips Dr. Johnson’s First Cat