Acknowledgements. List of illustrations. Forethought. The chains of slavery. The rights of man. Children of the Revolution. Mechanics of war. Brothers in arms. A million fires. Peace divided. A light in the darkness. Belshazzar's Feast. Paradise Lost. Playing with fire. The 'democratical' principle. Babylon-on-Thames. Survivors. Judgement. Notes and references. Bibliography. Index.
Max Adams is the author of the widely praised Admiral Collingwood: Nelson's Own Hero. An archaeologist and TV documentary writer/producer, he lives and works in Newcastle.
'An intriguing look at the impact on Britain of the first
industrial revolution... fascinating... wonderfully eclectic' The
Good Book Guide.
*Good Book Guide*
'Max Adams has undertaken something new in The Prometheans; he has
done it dazzlingly' Guardian.
*Guardian*
'...succeeds brilliantly as a biography of a family and place.
Writing of an age before rigid disciplinary boundaries, Adams
illuminates the links between a generation of artistic and
scientific visionaries' James Grande, Independent on Sunday.
*Independent on Sunday*
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