Red Globe Press French Revolution Debate in Britain: The Origins of Modern Politics: 93 (British History in Perspective)

Product Description Gregory Claeys explores the reception of the French Revolution in Britain through the medium of its leading interpreters. Claeys argues that the major figures - Thomas Paine, Edmund Burke, Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin and John Thelwall - collectively laid the foundations for political debate for the following century, and longer. About the Author GREGORY CLAEYS is Professor of the History of Political Thought at Royal Holloway University of London, UK.