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Equally revered and reviled, the radical John Horne Tooke (1736–1812) enjoyed a well-deserved reputation as a political firebrand. Having attended Eton and St John's College, Cambridge, he explored careers in the church and law before finally gaining recognition as a vehement advocate of political reform. This acclaimed two-volume biography by Alexander Stephens (1757–1821) was published in 1813, incorporating personal correspondence and presenting its subject as 'a firm friend to the laws and liberties of his native country'. Volume 1 covers the period 1736–77 and leads the reader from Horne's birth, education and ordination through to his early defence of John Wilkes and the foundation of the Society of Gentleman Supporters of the Bill of Rights. Volume 2 covers the period 1777–1812 and leads the reader through Horne's two periods of imprisonment, two parliamentary election campaigns and the rise of the Society for Constitutional Information.
Volume 1: Preface; 1. 1736 to 1765; 2. 1765 to 1767; 3. 1768 to 1769; 4. 1769 to 1770; 5. 1771; 6. 1770 to 1771; 7. 1771; 8. 1771; 9. 1772 to 1777. Volume 2: 1. 1777 to 1786; 2. 1786 to 1787; 3. 1787 to 1794; 4. 1794 to 1801; 5. 1801 to 1803; 6. 1803 to 1804; 7. 1804 to 1809; 8. 1810 to 1812; 9. 1812.
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Equally revered and reviled, the radical John Horne Tooke (1736–1812) enjoyed a well-deserved reputation as a political firebrand. Having attended Eton and St John's College, Cambridge, he explored careers in the church and law before finally gaining recognition as a vehement advocate of political reform. This acclaimed two-volume biography by Alexander Stephens (1757–1821) was published in 1813, incorporating personal correspondence and presenting its subject as 'a firm friend to the laws and liberties of his ...