In the last years of his life the great Whig statesman Charles James Fox began a history of England from the Revolution of 1688. He completed only this opening portion, which surveys the reign of Charles II and follows James II from his accession through the rebellions of Argyll and Monmouth, with Fox’s sharp eye on royal power and parliamentary liberty.
Published after his death in 1808, a rare work of history by a front-rank politician. Download the free EPUB.