From illegality to illegalism. Making a virtue of necessity. Saint Max. A new beginning. City of thieves. State of emergency. The rebels. Blood on the streets. Anarchy in suburbia. The move. The Romainville commune. Collapse of the Romainville commune. Paris again. The 'Little Corporal'. In search of work. The illegalist.
Accidental death of an anarchist. The gang forms. A meeting of egoists. Science on the side of the Proletariat. Looking for a target. The birth of tragedy. The first ever hold-up by car. Crime doesn't pay. Victor's dilemma. Kings of the road. Drivin' south. The left hand of darkness. Calm before the storm. Of human bondage. Garnier's challenge. Kings of the road part two.
State of siege. To catch an anarchist. Hide and seek. Exit Jouin. Twilight of the idols. The wrath of Guichard. Shoot-out at 'The Red Nest'. To the Nogent station. The last battle. In the belly of the beast. The end of anarchism? Appendix A. A letter from Lorulot to Armand about Kibalchich's conduct at the trial. A letter from Victor Kibalchich about his conduct at the trial. Their exploits were to become legendary. The French press dubbed them 'The Bonnot Gang' after the oldest 'member', Jules Bonnot, a thirty-one year-old mechanic and professional crook who had recently arrived from Lyon.
A host of other comrades i. The so-called 'gang', however, had neither a name nor leaders, although it seems that Bonnot and Garnier played the principal motivating roles. They were not a close-knit criminal band in the classical style, but rather a union of egoists associated for a common purpose.
Amongst comrades they were known as 'illegalists', which signified more than the simple fact that they carried out illegal acts. Illegal activity has always been part of the anarchist tradition, especially in France, and so the story begins with a brief sketch of the theory and practice of illegality within the movement before the turn of the century.
