The Spencer Inheritance
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Publishing History
- The Edge, June 1998
- Britpulp!, ed. Tony White, Sceptre, 1999
- The Lives and Times of Jerry Cornelius: Stories of the Comic Apocalypse , Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003 (pb)
- Jerry Cornelius: His Lives and His Times, Gollancz, 2014
Summary
This summary lists the chapters of the story, gives a precis of each and comments where appropriate.
| One - Leave Me Alone |
| Quote from Diana, Princess of Wales, TV interview, November 1995 |
| Jerry Cornelius, Shakey Mo Collier, Colonel Hira, Bishop Beesley and Major Nye are in an armoured half-track leaving a civil war torn London and are heading north to liberate the holy relics in the name of their dead liege, who had died reluctantly at Lavender Hill. |
| Two - Our grief is so deep... |
| Quote from Diana, Princess of Wales, TV interview, November 1995 |
| Jerry and the others battle half a dozen Morris Wolverines in Kelmscott. |
| Three - Was Diana Murdered? |
| Clipping from Daily Bulletin, Majorca, 26 September 1997 |
| The armoured half-track continues - Jerry is suffering from convulsions, Bishop Beesley has finished his Mars Megapak. |
| Four - Das War Diana |
| Clipping from Daily Bulletin, Majorca, 26 September 1997 |
| Jerry and the others meet up with Trixiebell Brunner, her mother and the remains of her squadron in Hampstead Heath. They occupy a house which has a view across the battlefield. The airship Princess of Essex passes overhead. |
| Five - Dodi's Psychiatrist Tells All |
| Clipping from Diana, Queen of Our Hearts, News of the World, Special Souvenir Photo Album, September 1997 |
| The armoured half-track continues through Highgate. |
| Six - Now You Belong To Heaven |
| Quotation from Leslie Thomas, News of the World, 7th September 1997 |
| Jerry reviews a catalogue of armoured vehicles including Rover Revenges, Jaguar Snarlers, Austin Attackers, Morris Wolverines, Hillman Hunters and Riley Reliants. |
| Seven - Diana's Smile Lit Up Wembley |
| Clipping from News of the World, September 7th 1997 |
| Jerry and the others meet a group of irregulars. |
| Eight - Princes Teach Charles To Love Again |
| Clipping from Daily Bulletin, Majorca, 26 September 1997 |
| Flash Gordon and Una Persson are among the newcomers, they compare notes around a fire. |
| Nine - Sign Your Name In Our Book Of Condolence |
| Clipping from News of the World, September 7th 1997 |
| Shakey Mo executes the newcomers prisoners. |
| Ten - Reflexivity |
| Quotation from Michael Winner, News of the World, September 7th 1997 |
| The armoured convoy have broken through to the M1 and head towards Long Buckby. Jerry is feeling unwell - disintegrating. |
| Eleven - Prince Harry To Meet The Spice Girls |
| Clipping from News of the World, September 7th 1997 |
| The convoy is heading towards the besieged manor of Althorp. |
| Twelve - Two Billion Broken Hearts |
| Quotation from Chris Blackhurst, The Observer, October 19, 1997 |
| The siege is lifted. Many of the besiegers are dead including the Old Contender. They plan to sail on a raft to the island. |
| Thirteen - We'll Win World Cup For Diana |
| Quotation from Julie Burchill, News of the World, September 7, 1997 |
| They get to the island to discover Frank Cornelius and an empty grave. The body of Diana has been sold to Procter and Gamble for cloning. Miss Brunner is shoved into the coffin by her daughter and the convoy heads off to Coventry. |
