Contents

Cover

Title Page

Publisher’s Note

Dedication

Epigraph

Introduction: A Triumph of Resilience

Part One: 1821: Run, Àjàyí, Run

One

Two

Three

Four

Five

Six

Seven

Eight

Nine

Ten

Eleven

Part Two: 1821: Dog Eat Dog

Twelve

Thirteen

Fourteen

Fifteen

Sixteen

Seventeen

Eighteen

Nineteen

Twenty

Twenty-one

Twenty-two

Twenty-three

Part Three: 1821: The Madman

Twenty-four

Twenty-five

Twenty-six

Twenty-seven

Part Four: 1880: A Compact Atlas of Paradise

Twenty-eight

Twenty-nine

Thirty

Thirty-one

Thirty-two

Part Five: 1880: The Talented Mr Crowther

Thirty-three

Thirty-four

Part Six: 1861: The Vicarage

Thirty-five

Part Seven: 1851–1864: In Walked the Queen

Thirty-six

Thirty-seven

Thirty-eight

Part Eight: 1855: The Death of Dr Irving

Thirty-nine

Forty

Forty-one

Forty-two

Forty-three

Forty-four

Forty-five

Forty-six

Forty-seven

Forty-eight

Forty-nine

Part Nine: 1861: In the Palace of the Kings

Fifty

Fifty-one

Fifty-two

Fifty-three

Fifty-four

Fifty-five

Part Ten: 1892: Happy New Year, Bàbá

Fifty-six

Fifty-seven

Fifty-eight

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Copyright

About the Publisher