Memoirs of John Horne Tooke: Volume 2
Interspersed with Original Documents

This acclaimed two-volume biography of the British political firebrand John Horne Tooke (1736–1812) first appeared in 1813.

Alexander Stephens (Author)

9781108061612, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 26 September 2013

534 pages
21.6 x 14 x 3 cm, 0.67 kg

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 2 covers the period 1777–1812 and leads the reader through Horne's two periods of imprisonment, two parliamentary election campaigns, the rise of the Society for Constitutional Information and the publication of his final pamphlet, A Warning to the Electors of Westminster (1807). This volume concludes with an account of his final years of ill health, his death and his political legacy.

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.

Subject Areas: British & Irish history [HBJD1]