Paul Moon is Professor of History and Head of the School of History at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. Among his twenty-five published books are This Horrid Practice: The Myth and Reality of Traditional Maori Cannibalism, A History of New Zealand in the Twentieth Century, a trilogy of volumes on the Tuhoe tohunga (expert) Hohepa Kereopa, as well as biographies of Governors Hobson, FitzRoy, and the Ngapuhi chief Hone Heke, and Encounters: The Creation of New Zealand, which was shortlisted for the 2014 Ernest Scott Australasian Prize in History.

Foreword
1. The Ambitions of the Father
2. The Tenacity of the Son
3. 'I Am To Take Charge'
4. Destitute in London
5. Convergence
6. Landed
7. Trouble at Home
8. Independence
9. 'Destroy Busby at All Costs'
10. A Career and Life in Tatters
11. Enemies with Everyone
12. An Embittered End
Epilogue