Foreword / Taufa-Ahau Tupou IV -- The Tongans -- Part one (1. The unpacific people ; 2. In the beginning ; 3. Veni vidi but not vici ; 4. Monarch magnificent ; 5. A sort of a third coming ; 6. It all depends on where you sit ; 7. Literary lapse ; 8. The spirit of Tonga ; 9. Reorientation ; 10. 'All dat meat and no potatoes; ; 10. More diversions of a Government Secretary ; 12. Legendary interlude: How fire came into the world)

Part two (13. A testing time ; 14. Waiting for the coconuts to fall ; 15. 'Money and time are of little moment' ; 16. The management of public money ; 17. Polynesian protocol ; 18. The man who would be king ; 19. Foreign affairs: the Tongan way ; 20. It is hereby published for general information ... ; 21. A matter of linguistics ; 22. Legendary interlude: The trout, without Schubert ; 23. The swampus of 'Atenisi ; 24. Go north, young man ; 25. Malaspina's bottle ; 26. Just call me Pat ; 27. The fanatic ; 28. A voice from the past ; 29. A voice from within ; 30. A royal bicycle ride ; 31. A tale of two passports ; 32. The king ; 33. That elusive vision) -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Tongan orthography and pronunciation -- Appendix.