Children of the Master

Should his father protect him, and hide him?

And Kung said:

He should hide him.

From Ezra Pound, ‘Canto XIII’

Table of Contents

Cover (#uc731ca72-a51b-5869-96e6-5f16623481f3)

Title Page (#ua2f7ab48-e586-5fee-908e-5b8f506f2151)

Copyright (#u07fb2f7b-caa2-5414-911f-ff5312a818e3)

Dedication (#uaf4ca8bf-d06d-55f9-bdda-1466fc9f8dc4)

Epigraph (#u3f09a087-eda7-5cc0-9830-2e8214f22865)

Prologue: Photographs (#u693e3c04-1e31-585b-b819-f2c57149671d)

Absolutely No Partners (#ua117e5ec-0eae-5d44-b557-8c8f14014285)

After the Funeral (#ub5c5e785-7228-54ca-8692-b23fba1c04aa)

The Early Life of David Petrie (#ub0df36ba-02af-5b3a-aa2c-368835d218a4)

A Perfect Girl (#uabfea819-1b68-5112-bf83-aeb24e29265c)

A Terrible Story (#u30daa705-c3ce-50a2-8bb7-381a55676090)

On an Island (#u2e021a24-a398-5f0f-9969-1bd533bc85ce)

David the Ruthless (#u7ef406fc-86a0-5ebe-9105-521d89a50174)

Funny Farm (#u846d5fd4-aefa-5a3a-8243-45ccb07ea622)

Caro Gets Selected (#litres_trial_promo)

Politics Today (#litres_trial_promo)

Peter Quint (#litres_trial_promo)

Interlude: How to be a Political Columnist (#litres_trial_promo)

In the Rose Garden (#litres_trial_promo)

David Petrie, MP (#litres_trial_promo)

A Lesson at a Dinner (#litres_trial_promo)

Pebbleton (#litres_trial_promo)

A Warning from Bunty (#litres_trial_promo)

Public Servants (#litres_trial_promo)

A Table for Three (#litres_trial_promo)

The Sports and Social (#litres_trial_promo)

In the Master’s House (#litres_trial_promo)

Family Life (#litres_trial_promo)

Barker (#litres_trial_promo)

Health and Efficiency (#litres_trial_promo)

Cleanliness (#litres_trial_promo)

How to Cure a Columnist (#litres_trial_promo)

Bathtime Talk (#litres_trial_promo)

Immorality (#litres_trial_promo)

Whitehall Life (#litres_trial_promo)

The Education of David Petrie (#litres_trial_promo)

A Moving Speech (#litres_trial_promo)

The Joy of Routine (#litres_trial_promo)

In the Country (#litres_trial_promo)

A Sermon in Barker (#litres_trial_promo)

What Happened to the Idea? (#litres_trial_promo)

How to Bring Down a Prime Minister (#litres_trial_promo)

The Choice (#litres_trial_promo)

A Flying Pot (#litres_trial_promo)

Building a Better World (#litres_trial_promo)