From the Book - First Pegasus cloth edition.
Prologue : the Tennysons and the Queen, 1862-1863
Somersby and Arthur Hallam, 1831-1833
Wandering, tribulation and lost love, 1833-1845
Growing reputation and The princess, 1845-1850
In memoriam, marriage and the laureateship, 1850-1854
The reception of Maud and the problems of fame, 1855-1862
Idylls of the king and the creation of Aldworth, 1862-1872
The completion of the Idylls and the aspiring playwright, 1872-1886
Tragedy and resolution, 1886-1892
Epilogue : the poet and the pageant, 1892.