cover design by derek murphy of creativindie to gail , with love table of contents chapter one : may 2009 chapter two : 1467-1492 chapter three : june 2009 chapter four : 1492 chapter five : june 2009 chapter six : 1492-1517 chapter seven : june 2009 chapter eight : 1517-1548 chapter nine : june 2009 chapter ten : 1548 chapter eleven : june 2009 chapter twelve : 1677 chapter thirteen : june 2009 chapter fourteen : 1677-1701 chapter fifteen : july 2009 chapter sixteen : 1780-1794 chapter seventeen : july 2009 chapter eighteen : 1877 chapter nineteen : july 2009 chapter twenty : 1880-1900 chapter twenty-one : july 2009 chapter twenty-two : 1905 chapter twenty-three : july 2009 chapter twenty-four : july 2009 chapter twenty-five : 1905-1950s chapter twenty-six chapter twenty-seven chapter twenty-eight chapter twenty-nine chapter thirty chapter thirty-one chapter thirty-two chapter thirty-three chapter thirty-four chapter thirty-five chapter thirty-six chapter thirty-seven chapter thirty-eight chapter thirty-nine epilogue : september-october 2009 afterword acknowledgements part i chapter 1 : may 2009 john andrews sprinted through the pelting rain to his ageing volvo , pulled open the drivers door and threw himself in .