Originally published in hardcover as: Out of the storm : the life and legacy of Martin Luther. London : Hutchinson, 2007

The hour and the man 1483-1517 -- Sturm und Drang -- 'New earth and new heaven'--new hell? -- Monkery -- 'Through open gates into Paradise' -- The crisis 1517-1521 -- 'Out of love and zeal for truth' -- 'Positively no chance of a revocation' -- 'The time for silence is past' -- 'Christ will give me the courage to despise these ministers of Satan' -- Liberty and restraint 1521-1526 -- Junker George -- The parting of the ways -- The brief reign of Ploughman Jack -- Wars and rumours of wars 1527-1532 -- Alliances and misalliances -- Family squabbles -- Defining the church -- Vanity of vanities 1533-1546 -- The problems of peace -- A death too late? -- And afterwards? -- God's word and God's world