Mad, Bad, And Dangerous People? England 1783-1846

"The richness and complexity of Boyd Hilton's text are impossible to convey in summary, and hard fully to appreciate in a single reading. A mastery of the voluminous literature is complemented by an acquaintance with the sources which produce a wealth of illuminating quotation to catch the tones and inflections of the age. The book comes as close to a total interworking of its varied strands and themes as one could hope for without a special providence. The analysis it offers, and the proportions and emphases which it adopts, will galvanize debate for years to come, and make it a contribution to history such as a safer survey, less ambitious in design, enterprising in argument, and integrative in technique, could not be."Hilton, Boyd is the author of 'Mad, Bad, And Dangerous People? England 1783-1846', published 2006 under ISBN 9780198228301 and ISBN 0198228309.