The British Monarchy and the French Revolution

by Marilyn Morris

Book Overview

What prevented revolution in Britain during the French revolutionary era? How did George III's monarchy withstand republican challenges? This book examines the British monarchy--and the values, beliefs, and images attached to it--during the contentious decade of the 1790s. Through a wide-ranging exploration of loyalist and reform propaganda, newspapers, political caricatures, sermons, and records of prosecution for sedition and treason, Marilyn Morris...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300206453
• ISBN13: 9780300206456
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"