John Wilkes: The Scandalous Father of Civil Liberty Book

Contents

Preemptive Glossary....................xi
Prologue....................1
I The Making of a Gentleman....................5
II The Squire of Aylesbury....................17
III Into Parliament....................37
IV The North Briton....................65
V Number 45....................96
VI The Great George Street Printing Shop....................121
VII Trials and a Trial of Honor....................143
VIII Exile....................165
IX The Middlesex Election....................204
X Incapacitation....................237
XI The City of London....................267
XII My Lord Mayor....................312
XIII Poverty, Paternity, and Parliamentary Reform....................328
XIV Chamberlain....................351
Epilogue....................375
Afterword....................395
Notes....................397
Sources....................451
Index....................465