Contents

Cover

Title Page

Dedication

I

Last Man Standing

PART ONE

II

As You Wave Me Goodbye

III

They Will Come

IV

Wolves

V

Pineapples and Champagne

VI

Never at Sea

PART TWO

VII

Roberts

VIII

Oak Leaves and Christmas Trees

IX

The Aces and the Note

X

The Citadel

XI

Raspberry

XII

The Royal Key

PART THREE

XIII

The Elephant Has Landed

XIV

Nulli Secundus

XV

The Battle of Birds and Wolves: Part I

XVI

The Battle of Birds and Wolves: Part II

XVII

Honours

XVIII

The Gun in the Night

XIX

The Sisterhood of the Linoleum

Postscript

Epilogue

Photos

Acknowledgements

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A Note on Sources

Select Bibliography

Notes

Picture Acknowledgements

Also by Simon Parkin