Political Biography of John Toland

John Toland was notorious. A pamphleteer, a polemicist and a prankster of the first order, modern scholarship has struggled to position his writings within the debates of his day. This study is the first to fully recount his remarkable biography, situating his writings within the controversies that sparked and shaped them.

List of contents

Introduction: The Conspiratorial World of John Toland; Chapter 1 Ireland, 1670–97; Chapter 2 London, 1697–1700; Chapter 3 Hanover, 1701–7; Chapter 4 The Hague, 1708–10; Chapter 5 Epsom, 1711–16; Chapter 6 Putney, 1717–22;

About the author

Michael Brown

Product details

• Authors: Michael Brown
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.01.2016
• EAN: 9781138663541
• ISBN: 978-1-138-66354-1
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Eighteenth-Century Political Biographies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literature & literary studies, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Biography: historical, political and military, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Biography, Literature and Literary studies