Bolingbroke Political Writings [Paperback]

A comprehensive volume of the most important political works of Viscount Bolingbroke.Bolingbroke: Political Writings provides the first accessible, modernised and annotated texts of three of the most important works in eighteenth-century British political thought. These works, the Dissertation upon Parties, the letter On the Spirit of Patriotism and The Idea of the Patriot King together formed the first coherent platform of political opposition movement in Anglo-American politics and influenced not only radicals in Britain, but the American Founding Fathers and the French Revolutionaries.Bolingbroke: Political Writings provides the first accessible, modernised and annotated texts of three of the most important works in eighteenth-century British political thought. These works, the Dissertation upon Parties, the letter On the Spirit of Patriotism and The Idea of the Patriot King together formed the first coherent platform of political opposition movement in Anglo-American politics and influenced not only radicals in Britain, but the American Founding Fathers and the French Revolutionaries.Bolingbroke: Political Writings provides the first accessible, modernized and annotated texts of three of the most important works in eighteenth-century British political thought. These works, the Dissertation upon Parties, the letter On the Spirit of Patriotism and The Idea of the Patriot King together formed the first coherent platform of a political opposition movement in Anglo-American politics and influenced not only radicals in Britain, but the American Founding Fathers and the French Revolutionaries.Acknowledgements; Introduction; Principal events in Bolingbroke's life; Further reading; Notes on texts; A Dissertation upon Parties (173334); 'On the Spirit of Patriotism' (1736); The Idea of a Patriot King (1738); Biographical Notes; Index of subjects; Index of proper names. The volume is a useful starting point for anyone interested in Bolingborke and his context. Ethicslã8