Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements Short Titles & Abbreviations The Sterne family: a sketch pedigree1. Birth & Early Childhood 2. Hipperholme, Halifax & Skircoat 3. Cambridge 4. Early Career & Marriage 5. Politics 6. Vicar of Sutton 7. Stillington & the Tindal farm 8. The ’45 9. Crazy Castle 10. Hobby Horses 11. Prebendary of York 12. Commissary of the Peculiar Courts 13. A Political Romance 14. Tristram Shandy, I-II Appendix I Appendix II Index