Table of Contents

Introduction
The Shape of the Period
Political Partisanship and Government without Parliament
The Politics of Religious Persecution
News and Partisan Politics
Print and Polemical Politics
Partisan Politics in the British Monarchies
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Reviews

Mr Tapsell's important study significantly contributes to our understanding of late seventeenth-century political culture. [...] With a dry wit and a sharp eye [he] has written an enjoyable book.
*SCRIBLERION*

A well-produced tome, this is proper history - a thoughtful, scholarly book, grounded in archival research from regional and national archives, as well as an abundance of primary printed sources.
*ROYAL STUART REVIEW*

Admirably readable. a very worthwhile and interesting book.
*ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW*

A richly documented panorama of whig and tory animosities in the last years of Charles II.
*PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY YEARBOOK*

A sound, scholarly book which offers a reliable account of the period.
*HISTORICAL JOURNAL*

This lively and well-written book has resurrected the last years of Charles II, often left in limbo, and transformed them into a fascinating period of intense religio-political contestation permeated by a vibrant news culture.
*THE BROWN BOOK*