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Book Synopsis
Examines the activities, adventures, publications, and influence of the most venomous critics of the Bourbon monarchy - French exile libellistes who flocked to London to publish scandalous or sexually salacious pamphlets hoping to extort lavish suppression fees.

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"This is one of the most important books to be published on the origins of the French Revolution for a generation." William Doyle, University of Bristol

Table of Contents

List of illustrations
List of tables
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Notes on conventions, translations and terminology
Prologue
Introduction
Chapter 1: London’s French libellistes
Chapter 2: Peddling libelles
Chapter 3: The policing and politics of libelles, 1758-1778
Chapter 4: The policing and politics of libelles, 1778-1792
Chapter 5: The scandalous history of Marie-Antoinette
Chapter 6: The corpus of blackmail libelles, 1758-1789
Chapter 7: Discourses of despotism and freedom
Conclusion
Appendix: The secret dépôt in the Bastille
Sources

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719065279, 978-0719065279
      ISBN10: 0719065275

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Examines the activities, adventures, publications, and influence of the most venomous critics of the Bourbon monarchy - French exile libellistes who flocked to London to publish scandalous or sexually salacious pamphlets hoping to extort lavish suppression fees.

      Trade Review
      "This is one of the most important books to be published on the origins of the French Revolution for a generation." William Doyle, University of Bristol

      Table of Contents

      List of illustrations
      List of tables
      Acknowledgements
      Abbreviations
      Notes on conventions, translations and terminology
      Prologue
      Introduction
      Chapter 1: London’s French libellistes
      Chapter 2: Peddling libelles
      Chapter 3: The policing and politics of libelles, 1758-1778
      Chapter 4: The policing and politics of libelles, 1778-1792
      Chapter 5: The scandalous history of Marie-Antoinette
      Chapter 6: The corpus of blackmail libelles, 1758-1789
      Chapter 7: Discourses of despotism and freedom
      Conclusion
      Appendix: The secret dépôt in the Bastille
      Sources

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