Political Biography of John Toland

Taylor & Francis

John Toland was notorious. A pamphleteer, a polemicist and a prankster of the first order, modern scholarship has struggled to position his writings within the debates of his day. This study is the first to fully recount his remarkable biography, situating his writings within the controversies that sparked and shaped them. > John Toland was notorious. A pamphleteer, a polemicist and a prankster of the first order, modern scholarship has struggled to position his writings within the debates of his day. This study is the first to fully recount his remarkable biography, situating his writings within the controversies that sparked and shaped them. > Introduction: The Conspiratorial World of John Toland; Chapter 1 Ireland, 1670\u201397; Chapter 2 London, 1697\u20131700; Chapter 3 Hanover, 1701\u20137; Chapter 4 The Hague, 1708\u201310; Chapter 5 Epsom, 1711\u201316; Chapter 6 Putney, 1717\u201322;