Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Cast of Characters -- 1. Storms in the Caribbean Sea and the Life of Lord Londonderry -- 2. The War of the Spanish Succession and the Jacobite Rebellion -- 3. The Diamond Deal -- 4. Learning by Doing: Law and Londonderry Before the Bet -- 5. The Bet of the Bubbles -- 6. The Blowing and Bursting of Bubbles -- 7. The Workout -- 8. Family Problems -- 9. Did the Speculations of Law and Londonderry Matter? -- 10. Epilogue -- Appendix: Preliminary Cata logue of the Londonderry Papers -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.