Synopses & Reviews
Remarkable document of republican thought by a radical later executed by Charles II.
Synopsis
This remarkable republican text has never before been published. Algernon Sidney was executed for his opposition to Charles II, and wrote Court Maxims during his continental exile. The work's lively discussion of moral values in politics articulates a vital tradition of republicanism in an absolutist age.
Table of Contents
Preface, biographical and critical introduction etc; Text (comprising 15 dialogues).