{"product_id":"blackmail-scandal-and-revolution-londons-french-libellistes-17581792-londons-french-libellistes-175892-9780719065279","title":"Blackmail Scandal and Revolution Londons French","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExamines 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003eList of tables\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003eNotes on conventions, translations and terminology\u003cbr\u003ePrologue\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: London’s French libellistes\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: Peddling libelles\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3: The policing and politics of libelles, 1758-1778\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: The policing and politics of libelles, 1778-1792\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5: The scandalous history of Marie-Antoinette\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6: The corpus of blackmail libelles, 1758-1789\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7: Discourses of despotism and freedom\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eAppendix: The secret dépôt in the Bastille\u003cbr\u003eSources\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037296066903,"sku":"9780719065279","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/blackmail-scandal-and-revolution-londons-french-libellistes-17581792-londons-french-libellistes-175892-9780719065279","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}