Imagining the King's Death: Figurative Treason, Fantasies of Regicide, 1793-1796 by John Barrell

Imagining the King's Death: Figurative Treason, Fantasies of Regicide, 1793-1796

John Barrell

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It is high treason in British law to imagine the king's death. But after the execution of Louis XVI in 1793, everyone in Britain must have found themselves imagining that the same fate might befall George III. How easy was it to distinguish betwee...

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