Includes bibliographical references (p. 651-662) and index. Contents: Illustrations -- Preface to the American edition -- Preface -- Maps -- Ancestral silence -- Passionate resolves : Eton, 1872-1878 -- Layng the foundations : Oxford, 1878-1883 -- Twin passions : women and work, 1882-1885 -- The journey to Westminster, 1885-1887 -- Travel with a purpose, 1887-1890 -- The coming man, 1890-1895 -- Hearts and souls -- Number two at the FO -- Sailing to Bombay -- The governance of Inida -- Let India be my judge -- Partners and colleagues : the problem of the princes -- Guarding the frontiers -- The Viceroy's routine -- 1902 : Proconsular Zenith -- Fatal appointments, 1902-1903 -- The Gulf, Bengal and Tibet -- An inifinitude of trouble : England, 1904 -- Kirchener's conspiracy -- The breaking of the Viceroy -- Ever man's hand -- Picking up the pieces -- The conversion of Diehard, 1909-1911 -- Suffragists and other targets, 1911-1914 -- Lord Curzon at home -- In search of a role, 1914-1915 -- Air board and war cabinet, 1916 -- The second Lady Curzon -- Eastern questions, 1917 -- Lord President -- The foreign office at last -- Middle Eastern scrambles, 1919-1955 -- Lloyd George and the Turks, 1919-1922 -- Resurgence : Lausanne, 1922-1923 -- Family sagas -- Ultimate disappointments, 1923-1925 -- Chronology -- Notes -- Sources and bibliography -- Acknowlegments -- Index.