Table of Contents

Prologue. Chapter 1: My Aunt Jane. Chapter 2: In the Scottish Islands. Chapter 3: The Meeting. Chapter 4: In London. Chapter 5: The Return. Chapter 6: Robert Thompson. Chapter 7: The Party. Chapter 8: Progress. Chapter 9: A Visit to Wiltshire. Chapter 10: Retrospect. Chapter 11: The Future. Chapter 12: Three Years: A New Education. Chapter 13: At Fieldbanks House. Chapter 14: Tisala's World. Chapter 15: The Legend of Tisano. Chapter 16: The Coming of Whaling. Chapter 17: Siana. Chapter 18: The Antarctic Opened - 1904-1914. Chapter 19: Saba. Chapter 20: The Great Death - 1928-1939. Chapter 21: Ellie's Day. Chapter 22: A New Life. Chapter 23: Consumer Products. Chapter 24: In the Image of God. Chapter 25: The Advance of Death. Chapter 26: The Beginning of the End? Chapter 27: The Struggle. Chapter 28: A Glimmer of Dawn. Chapter 29: On Evolution. Chapter 30: The Coming of Darkness. Chapter 31: Alone. Chapter 32: Will and Penny. Chapter 33: On the Origins of Belief. Chapter 34: On Religions. Chapter 35: Against Exclusivity. Chapter 36: On Power and Hell. Chapter 37: Whaling 1964-75. Chapter 38: The Russian Trawler. Chapter 39: On War and Peace. Chapter 40: The Nuclear Threat. Chapter 41: Eric and Family. Chapter 42: Illicit Whaling and the Moratorium. Chapter 43: On Population. Chapter 44: Human Numbers and Restraint. Chapter 45: Economic Resources. Chapter 46: A Visit to the Tropics. Chapter 47: Music. Chapter 48: Eric. Chapter 49: On Education. Chapter 50: Aspects of Learning. Chapter 51: Guinevere's Grief, and Susannah. Chapter 52: The Terrible Event. Chapter 53: Aftermath. Chapter 54: London, 1983 and Ethics. Chapter 55: On the Origin of Christianity. Chapter 56: Vancouver. Chapter 57: London and Susannah. Chapter 58: On Inis Cuan Again. Chapter 59: On Happiness. Chapter 60: A Wedding. Chapter 61: On Meaning and Value in Life. Chapter 62: Whaling: 1980s and the Japanese. Chapter 63: Families. Chapter 64: The Nation State, War and Peace. Chapter 65: Hopes and Peace. Chapter 66: Europe - a New Beginning? Chapter 67: The Parliament of the World. Chapter 68: On Modern Whaling and the Future. Chapter 69: Guinevere and Heaven. Chapter 70: Changing Beliefs. Chapter 71: Final Days. Chapter 72: Valete.

About the Author

Richard Seward Newton's family home was in Surrey. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and Oxford where he studied history and English literature. He was a lawyer before becoming a lecturer in London. He now lives with his wife near Bath. After meeting a whale when he was a student, Richard spent many years researching the natural history and biology of whales, and the horrific history of their near-destruction at the hands of mankind. The whales' story, together with Richard's experience of practical human affairs and his life-long interest in history, literature and science have come together in this profound and fascinating book, Tisala, his first novel.