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Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Contents
Prologue: ‘Screw it. Let’s do it.’
1: ‘A family that would have killed for each other.’: 1950–1963
2: ‘You will either go to prison or become a millionaire.’: 1963–1967
3: Virgins at business: 1967–1970
4: ‘I am prepared to try anything once.’: 1970–1971
5: Learning a lesson: 1971
6: ‘Simon made Virgin the hippest place to be.’: 1971–1972
7: ‘It’s called Tubular Bells. I’ve never heard anything like it.’: 1972–1973
8: ‘To be second choice means nothing.’: 1974–1976
9: Never mind the bollocks: 1976–1977
10: ‘ “I thought I’d move in,” Joan said.’: 1976–1978
11: Living on the edge: 1978–1980
12: ‘Success can take off without warning.’: 1980–1982
13: ‘You go ahead with this over my dead body.’: 1983–1984
14: Laker’s children: 1984
15: ‘It was like being strapped to the blade of a vast pneumatic drill.’: 1984–1986
16: The world’s biggest balloon: 1986–1987
17: ‘I was almost certainly going to die.’: 1987–1988
18: ‘Everything was up for sale.’: 1988–1989
19: Preparing to jump: 1989–1990
20: ‘Who the hell does Richard Branson think he is?’: August–October 1990
Photo Inserts
21: ‘We would have about two seconds to say our last prayers.’: November 1990–January 1991
22: Flying into turbulence: January–February 1991
23: Dirty tricks: February–April 1991
24: The kick boxer in the first room: April–July 1991
25: ‘Sue the bastards.’: September–October 1991
26: Barbarians at the departure gate: October–November 1991
27: ‘They’re calling me a liar.’: November 1991–March 1992
28: Victory: March 1992–January 1993
29: Virgin territory: 1993–1998
30: Diversity and adversity: 1998–2005
31: Changes: 2006
32: Flying High: 2007
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