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Index
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Bevan Family Tree
Kenrick/Chamberlain Family Tree
Sonnet II
Introduction: The Making of a Fraudster
Chapter One: A Kensington Wedding
Capital and Industry
Pillars of Society
The Playing Fields of Eton
Hollow-ware and Oddwork
Chapter Two: On ’Change
The Black Sheep
The Junior Partner
Bad Examples
The Senior Partner
Chapter Three: At Home
Upper Grosvenor Street
The Veiled Politician
City Magnate and Don Juan
At Littlecote
Chapter Four: The City Equitable
A Wartime Opportunity
Lords on the Board
Crack Oarsmen
A Nine Years’ Wonder
Chapter Five: The Post-Armistice Boom
The Lucky Englishman
A Craze for Speculation
Eminently Healthy
Wily Dundonians
Partners and Directors, 1918–22
Chapter Six: Boom Turns to Bust
Back from Brazil
The Twin Bastions
A False Prospectus
Hand-to-Mouth
Chapter Seven: Flight
Ordered Abroad
Proofs of Debt
‘Parle français couramment’
All is Squared
Chapter Eight: Capture
An Inspector Calls
‘My Poor Wife!’
Homeward Bound
And Whose the Fault?
Chapter Nine: Trial
At the Guildhall
Who was ‘Someone?’
Window-dressing
Muddled Away
Chapter Ten: Misfeasance
Mansell in the Dock
Wilful Neglect?
An Historic Judgment
Stung by a Tart
Chapter Eleven: Family Matters
The Prison Librarian
Decree Absolute
The Bogus Major
Sheila’s Wedding
Chapter Twelve: Last Years
What Happened to Hatry?
Russet and Asp
The PPRS
A Pauper’s Grave
Exile
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
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