Called “All the Proud and Mighty” on outlines in 1991 through 1st draft in September 1992.
Became “A Dangerous Fortune” on 2nd draft in February 1993.
Published in 1993 by Delacorte Press, New York
Published in French as La Marque de Windfield by Robert Laffont
Published in German as Die pfeiler der macht by Lübbe
Published in Italian as Una fortuna pericolosa by Mondadori
Published in Spanish as Una fortunat peligrosa by Grijalbo
Outline Chronology
| n.d | [Box 80 Folder 1] | 8pp. |
| 29 April 1991 | [Box 80 Folder 2] | 8pp. |
| 2 May 1991 | (with notes) [Box 80 Folder 4] |
6pp |
| 7 June 1991 | [Box 80 Folder 5] | 8pp |
| 17 August 1991 | (1st draft with notes) [Box 80 Folder 6] |
31pp. |
| 10 October 1991 | (1st draft) [Box 80 Folder 15] |
39pp. |
| 20 December 1991 | (2nd draft) [Box 81 Folder 22] |
35pp. |
| 20 Janurary 1992 | (2nd draft with notes) [Box 81 Folder 27] | 31pp. |
| 7 February 1992 | (3rd draft) [Box 81 Folder 28] |
44pp. |
| 11 February 1992 | (3rd draft with notes) [Box 81 Folder 29] |
77pp. |
| n.d. | (with notes) [Box 81 Folder 30] |
24pp. |
| BOX 81 | |||
| (20) | Research: On 39 Harrington Gardens, fifty-seven photographs | n.d. | 57 |
| (21) | Research: On 39 Harrington Gardens, negatives from photographs | n.d. | |
| (22) | Outline, 2nd draft | 20 December 1991 | 35pp. |
| (23) | Correspondence from Al Zuckerman: Outline Comments | 8 January 1992 | pp. |
| (24) | Correspondence from Al Zuckerman: Further outline comments | 13 January 1992 | 2pp. |
| (25) | Correspondence from Jane Wood of MacMillan of London: Outline comments and queries | 16 January 1992 | 4pp. |
| (26) | Correspondence from Brian DePiore: Outline comments | 18 January 1992 | 7pp. |
| (27) | Outline, 2nd draft with handwritten notes | 20 January 1992 | 31pp. |
| (28) | Outline, 3rd draft | 7 February 1992 | 44pp. |
| (29) | Outline, 3rd draft with handwritten notes | 11 February 1992 | 73pp. |
| (30) | Outline, with handwritten notes | n.d. | 25pp. |
| (31) | Correspondence from Daniel Starer: Research on State Ball’s | 22 May 1992 | 1p. |
| The Times London | 6 April 1874 | 1p | |
| The Times London | 20 May 1874 | 7pp. | |
| (32) | Research: From Daniel Starer | ||
| Story of Buckingham Palace… | n.d. | 8pp. | |
| Invitation to the Palace… | n.d. | 8pp. | |
| (33) | Research: From Daniel Starer | ||
| State Ball at Buckingham… | n.d. | 1p. | |
| Palace… | n.d. | 24pp | |
| (34) | Research from Daniel Starer | ||
| Social Dances of the Nineteenth Century in England… | n.d. | 22pp. | |
| Dance in Society… | n.d. | 5pp. | |
| BOX 82 | |||
| (35) | 1st draft | 20 September 1992 | 487pp. |
| BOX 83 | |||
| (36-a) | 1st draft, w/revisions and notes: Prologue - Part I, Page 1 - 201 |
20 September 1992 | 487pp. |
| BOX 84 | |||
| (36-b) | 1st draft, w/revisions and notes: Part 2, Epilogue, Page 202 - 362 |
20 September 1992 | 487pp. |
| BOX 85 | |||
| (37) | Correspondence from Ben Braber: Research on Glasgow Jewry in 1866 | 11 October 1992 | 3pp. |
| (38) | Correspondence from Al Zuckerman: Further developing the characters | 15 October 1992 | 5pp. |
| (39) | Correspondence from Al Zuckerman: Ideas on Mickey’s murders | 16 October 1992 | 1p. |
| (40) | Correspondence from Jane Wood of MacMillan of London: 1st draft comments and editorial notes | 21 October 1992 | 14pp. |
| (41) | Correspondence from Joanna Bourke of Birkbeck College: Comments on 1st draft | 22 October 1992 | 4pp. |
| (42) | Correspondence from Jackie Farber of Delacorte Press: Comments on 1st draft | 26 October 1992 | 9pp. |
| (43) | Correspondence from Joanna Bourke of Birkbeck College: Letter on Victorian slang | 24 November 1992 | 4pp. |
| (44) | Correspondence from???: Comments on 1st draft | n.d. | 3pp. |
| (45) | Correspondence from ???: Comments on 1st draft…Bunch of ideas that hit me when reading | n.d. | 1p. |
| (46) | Correspondence from Joanna Bourke of Birkbeck College: Victorian slang and research pages from Eric Portridge’s, Slang To-Day & Yesterday | ||
| Letter | 6 December 1992 | 2pp. | |
| Chapter from Book | 1933 | 29pp. | |
| (47) | Research: Spiral notebook with handwritten notes | n.d. | 46pp. |
| (48) | Research: Spiral notebook with handwritten notes | n.d. | 48pp. |
| (49) | Research: Notes | n.d. | 6pp. |
| (50) | Research: Family tree of the Pilaster’s and ages of principal characters | n.d. | 4pp. |
| (51) | Research: Ordnance Survey of England and Wales | ||
| Sheet 71: London & Windsor | |||
| Sheet 72: Brentwood & East London | |||
| (52) | Research: Ordnance Survey of England and Wales | ||
| Sheet 79: Dorking & Kingston | |||
| Sheet 80: Maidstone | |||
| (53) | Research: Copy of advertisement for The South-Western Hotel in Southampton | June 1871 | 2pp. |
| (54) | Research: On banking |
n.d. | 3pp. |
| Handwritten notes | n.d. | 1p. | |
| (55) | Research: The Season 1992 – The Social calendar | 1p. | |