Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction: The life and opinions of Norman Hampson, William Doyle; The writings of Norman Hampson; Voltaire and Hume, Haydn Mason; Enlightenment, science and army reform in 18th-century France, Alan Forrest; Louis XVI and the public sphere, Tim Blanning; Henri-Léonard Bertin and the fate of the Bourbon monarchy: the 'Chinese connection', Gwynne Lewis; The 'political reveries' of Alexander Jardine, (1739?-99), Jane Rendall; Partners in revolution: Louise de Kéralio and François Robert, editors of the Mercure National, 1789-91, Leigh Whaley; Reason, revolution and religion: Grégoire and the search for reconciliation, James McMillan; Ideas of the future in the French Revolution, Marisa Linton; 'A ferocious and misled multitude': elite perceptions of popular action from Rousseau to Robespierre, David Andress; 'England expects...': trading in liberty in the age of Trafalgar, Peter Jones; The Haitian Revolution and the world of Atlantic slavery, James Walvin; Index.

About the Author

Malcolm Crook, Keele University, UK, William Doyle, University of Bristol, UK and Alan Forrest, University of York, UK William Doyle, Haydn Mason, Alan Forrest, Tim Blanning, Gwynne Lewis, Jane Rendall, Leigh Whaley, James McMillan, Marisa Linton, David Andress, Peter Jones, James Walvin.