For King, Constitution, and Country: The English Loyalists and the French Revolution, (Paperback)

England trembled in 1792. In May, George III issued a proclamation warning his subjects of ""diverse wicked and seditious writings"" then being circulated which might ""excite tumult and disorder."" The response to this proclamation-an unprecedented expression of loyalty to crown and constitution-marked the beginnings of a movement that was to influence British political life well into the nineteenth century. For King, Constitution, and Country is the first full-scale exploration of the nature a