Signor Marconi's magic box : the most remarkable invention of the 19th century & the amateur inventor whose genius sparked a revolution / Gavin Weightman
In darkest London -- Silkworms and whiskey -- Sparks in the attic -- In the heart of the empire -- Dancing on the ether -- Beside the seaside -- Texting Queen Victoria -- An American investigates -- The romance of Morse code -- A New York welcome -- Atlantic romance -- Adventure at Mullion Cove -- An American forecast -- Kite-flying in Newfoundland -- The spirits of the ether -- Fishing in the ether -- The end of the affair -- Farewell the pigeon post -- The power of darkness -- The hermit of Paignton -- The king's appendix -- The thundering professor -- A real Colonel Sellers -- Defeat in the Yellow Sea -- A wireless rat -- Dazzling the millions -- 'Marky' and his motor -- On the American frontier -- Marconi gets married -- Wireless at war -- America's whispering gallery -- A voice on the air -- The bells of Budapest -- Wireless to the rescue -- Dynamite for Marconi -- Le Match Dew-Crippen -- A marriage on the rocks -- Ice and the ether -- It's a CQD, old man -- After the Titanic -- The crash -- The suspect Italian -- Eclipse of Marconi on the Eiffel Tower -- In bed with Mussolini
