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Index
Cover
About the Book
About the Author
Praise
Title Page
Dedication
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
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
Index
Picture Section
Picture Credits
Copyright
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