PART ONE：INTRODUCTORY 15
1．WHITE GOES EAST 17
2．MADRAS-ON-SEA 20
3．THE COMPANY 22
4．CAPTAIN ALLEY AND CO 25
5．TRADE AND SECURITY 29
6．ACROSS THE BAY 31
7．MERGUI 35
8．AN EMPORIUM OF THE COAST TRADE 38
9．THE FOREST BELT 41
10．OLD AYUDHYA 45
11．WHITE MEETS PHAULKON 50
12．ELEPHANTS 56
13．PHAULKON EMERGES 62
14．LORD WHITE 66
15．APOSTATES AND RENEGADES 69
PART TWO：THE DAVENPORT PAPERS 77
16．WHITE TURNS FILIBUSTER 79
17．A PIRATE IN A RIVER 85
18．THE CAPTURE OF DAVENPORT 95
19．CAPTAIN COATES AND HIS OPIUM 105
20．WHITE INCREASES THE PACE 109
21．WHITE IS RECALLED TO AYUDHYA 113
22．THE SORROWFUL JOURNEY 117
23．WHITE＇S DESPERATE SICKNESS 120
24．THE FIERCE FIGHT WITH THE MACASSARS 128
25．PHAULKON OFFERS TO MAKE WHITE PRIME MINISTER 136
26．WHITE MAKES HAY 144
27．DOUBTS AND RUMOURS 152
28．THE FOUR ALTERNATIVES 157
29．WHITE PREPARES TO ESCAPE 166
30．DAVENPORT＇S DILEMMA 169
31．THE FORGED COMMISSION 172
32．THE RETURN OF THE＇RESOLUTION＇ 173
33．DAVENPORT DECIDES TO BETRAY WHITE 176
34．BEHIND THE SCENES IN LONDON AND MADRAS 183
35．H．M．S．＇CURTANA＇(CAPTAIN WELTDEN) 202
36．THE SEIZURE OF THE＇RESOLUTION＇ 211
37．WHITE＇S PLOT AND THE WIZARDS 220
38．THE MASSACRE 226
39．WHITE AND WELTDEN FACE TO FACE 238
40．HIDING IN THE ISLANDS 241
41．TREASON 246
42．WHITE AND WELTDEN ARRANGE FOR DAVEN-PORT＇S MURDER 248
43．WHITE GIVES WELTDEN THE SLIP 254
PART THREE：CONCLUSION 259
44．THE FATE OF THE＇PEARL＇ 261
45．THE TORTURE AND DEATH OF PHAULKON 264
46．WHITE IN LONDON 271
47．THE LAST OF WELTDEN 281
APPENDICES 1．THE DAVENPORT PAPERS 286
APPENDICES 2．OTHER AUTHORITIES 290
APPENDICES 3．NOTES 292
4．LETTER FROM WHITE FOUND IN BATH 300
INDEX 307