1st Edition

A Political Biography of John Toland

By Michael Brown Copyright 2012
    208 Pages
    by Routledge

    208 Pages
    by Routledge

    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.

    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;

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