ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Like most books, this one has incurred numerous debts. My gratitude goes to Marco Fantuzzi, Don Juedes, Kostas Kapparis, Nicholas Kauffman, Jim Marks, Sheila Murnaghan, Christopher Pelling, Alex Purves and the anonymous readers of I.B.Tauris, one of whom in particular was especially helpful. Audiences at Columbia University and at the University of California, Los Angeles, have provided ideal sounding boards for some of my thoughts. At I.B.Tauris, my editor – Alex Wright – has followed the book's production with patience and competence, while assistant editor Baillie Card has secured permissions for the images. One person, I am afraid, has lost sleep to keep up with the toiling of the author: Gareth Schmeling, whose wit and love never doze off. Thank you.