From the Book - First edition.
Childhood and youth: 1810-1930
Leipzig book of life: Leipzig, 1831-1832
Reversals, renewals: Leipzig, 1833-1834
An even more important year: Leipzig, 1835
Wieck on the warpath: Leipzig, 1836
Love confirmed: Leipzig, May 1837-September 1837
New worlds: Leipzig, October 1837-October 1838
Toward the future: October 1838-May 1839
Final court battle: Leipzig, June 1839-August 1840
"With her forever": Leipzig, September 1840-1842
In conflict, in harmony: Leipzig, 1842-1844
Collapse and recovery: Dresden, December 1844-1847
Returning health, high ambitions: Dresden, 1848-August 1850
Music director in the Rhineland: Dèusseldorf, September 1850-September 1853
Final crisis: Dèusseldorf, October 1853-February 1854
The mind stripped bare: Endenich, 4 March 1854-29 July 1856
Afterword: Medical diagnosis of Schumann's illness.
