Prologue : The night of 16-17 December 1852
Benjamin Disraeli, ealy life, 1804-41
William Ewart Gladstone, early life, 1809-41
Peel and the great Tory split, 1841-7
Party realignment. 1847-52
The Palmerston era begins, 1853-8
Derby again, but then "Pam" goes on and on ... 1858-65
The struggle for reform, 1865-8
The rise and fall of "Beaconsfieldism," 1874-81
