Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 Family Background and Commercial Apprenticeship -- 2 Public Champion -- 3 Great Expectations -- 4 A Crime against the People -- 5 Backstairs Politics -- 6 False Hopes -- 7 New Directions -- 8 The Birmingham Political Union: A Vehicle of Protest -- 9 The Birmingham Political Union: Vindication -- 10 A Stranger in the House -- 11 Failure -- 12 The Final Years -- Notes -- A Note on Sources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M
