Prologue: the prince of the Glass Palace -- Mrs. Sargent's party -- The fig leaf -- Mountain men -- The school of Michelangelo -- "Rather too sinister a charm" -- The Rapins -- Rosina's spell -- Travels in the dark -- Flash gatherings -- In the key of bllue -- Diva trouble -- Baby Milbank -- The pact -- Nadir -- Broadway Bohemians -- The cavalier -- A king's existence -- The stage door -- Painted temples -- Sargent's gondolier -- Cosmopolitans -- The President's coar -- East of Jordan -- Detonations -- Empire's end -- The contortionist -- Miss Sargent's party

"A bold new biography of John Singer Sargent, the American expatriate artist"--