When Phineas Finn returns from Ireland to the parliamentary fray, his political advancement is complicated by his romantic relations with three powerful women; his very life is at stake when he is accused of murder. The fourth of Trollope's Palliser...
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When Phineas Finn returns from Ireland to the parliamentary fray, his political advancement is complicated by his romantic relations with three powerful women; his very life is at stake when he is accused of murder. The fourth of Trollope's Palliser novels, Phineas Redux is a spellbinding achievement, and the first modern 'media' novel. Cover -- Contents -- Biographical Preface -- Introduction -- Note on the Text -- Select Bibliography -- A Chronology of Anthony Trollope -- PHINEAS REDUX -- VOLUME I -- 1. Temptation -- 2. Harrington Hall -- 3. Gerard Maule -- 4. Tankerville -- 5. Mr Daubeny's Great Move -- 6. Phineas and his Old Friends -- 7. Coming Home from Hunting -- 8. The Address -- 9. The Debate -- 10. The Deserted Husband -- 11. The Truant Wife -- 12. Königstein -- 13. 'I have got the seat' -- 14. Trumpeton Wood -- 15. 'How well you knew!' -- 16. Copperhouse Cross and Broughton Spinnies -- 17. Madame Goesler's Story -- 18. Spooner of Spoon Hall -- 19. Something Out of the Way -- 20. Phineas Again in London -- 21. Mr Maule, Senior -- 22. 'Purity of morals, Finn' -- 23. Macpherson's Hotel -- 24. Madame Goesler is sent for -- 25. 'I would do it now' -- 26. The Duke's Will -- 27. An Editor's Wrath -- 28. The First Thunderbolt -- 29. The Spooner Correspondence -- 30. Regrets -- 31. The Duke and Duchess in Town -- 32. The World becomes Cold -- 33. The Two Gladiators -- 34. The Universe -- 35. Political Venom -- 36. Seventy-Two -- 37. The Conspiracy -- 38. Once Again in Portman Square -- 39. Cagliostro -- 40. The Prime Minister is Hard Pressed -- VOLUME II -- 41. 'I hope I'm not distrusted' -- 42. Boulogne -- 43. The Second Thunderbolt -- 44. The Browborough Trial -- 45. Some Passages in the Life of Mr Emilius -- 46. The Quarrel -- 47. What came of the Quarrel -- 48. Mr Maule's Attempt -- 49. Showing what Mrs Bunce said to the Policeman -- 50. What the Lords and Commons said about the Murder -- 51. 'You think it shameful' -- 52. Mr Kennedy's Will -- 53. None but the Brave deserve the Fair -- 54. The Duchess takes Counsel -- 55. Phineas in Prison -- 56. The Meager Family -- 57. The Beginning of the Search for the Key and the Coat -- 58. The Two Dukes -- 59. Mrs Bonteen.