About the Author

Rhys Isaac (1937-2010) was Distinguished Visiting Professor of History at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, and Emeritus Professor of History at LaTrobe University in Australia.

Reviews

One of the best-and most provocative-books written on colonial Anglo-America over the past decade."Times Literary Supplement"

[A] gracefully written evocation of eighteenth-century Virginia culture."American Historical Review"

�A� gracefully written evocation of eighteenth-century Virginia culture."American Historical Review"

One of the best--and most provocative--books written on colonial Anglo-America over the past decade."Times Literary Supplement"