Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-viii

List of Illustrations

pp ix-ix

Acknowledgements

pp x-x

List of abbreviations

pp xi-xi

Principal Characters

pp xii-xvi

Introduction

pp 1-17

Prologue

pp 18-24

Part 1 - 1881–91

pp 25-26

1 - ‘A Spider’s Web of Police Communication’

pp 27-37

2 - ‘Panic and Indifference’

pp 38-49

3 - Mr Jenkinson Goes to London

pp 50-62

4 - ‘The New Detective Army’

pp 63-79

5 - ‘Waiting Games’

pp 80-89

6 - ‘A Long and Complicated Inquiry’

pp 90-98

7 - The Battle of Trafalgar Square

pp 99-111

8 - Scandal Averted

pp 112-124

Part 2 - 1892–1903

pp 125-126

9 - ‘A Bomb has Burst

pp 127-144

10 - ‘Men of Bad Character’

pp 145-160

11 - ‘Surtout Pas Trop de Zèle’

pp 161-178

12 - ‘We do not Prosecute Opinions’

pp 179-192

Part 3 - 1904–14

pp 193-194

13 - Dangerous Aliens

pp 195-212

14 - ‘A Doctrine of Lawlessness’

pp 213-221

15 - ‘Suffrage Forces in the Field’

pp 222-237

16 - The Waning of Militancy and the Rise of Counter-Espionage

pp 238-256

Conclusion

pp 257-269

Notes

pp 270-321