Kings and Desperate Men

The goal of Kings and Desperate Men is to provide a picture of eighteenth-century England up to the French Revolution

Louis Kronenberger

Introduction to the Transaction Edition, by Justin D. Lyons Note PART I: The Capital of England I. The Last Stuart II- Details of the Plot III Two or Three Characters IV Walpole and the House of Hanover V. Aristocrats, with a Portrait of One of Them VI Shopkeepers vn. The Poor VIII The Arts IX The Artists PART II: Provincial Sketches I. Country Matters II The Country Gentleman III Oxford and Cambridge IV Bath v. The Wesleyan Movement PART III: Heyday I. Empire and Revolution II Kings and Counsellors III The Great World IV The World Below V. The World Within VI The Bully and the Fop READING LIST INDEX follows page