Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-324) and index.
Contents
Introduction: the profligate heir -- The sins of the father -- An improper education -- Lessons in love and life in London -- An officer and a gentleman -- Boarding the fleet -- To the brink of destruction -- A mansion of misery -- Cheltenham and Gloucester unmasked -- Retribution -- A contagious distemper -- Of gentlemen and convicts -- Ruined suitors.