`... a sound guide to the history and recent historiography of English politics between 1678 and 1688, ...' - Early Modern Reviews`Clear and quite compelling ... a sound guide to the history and recent historiography of English politics between 1678 and 1688.' - History Review

• Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Popish Plot; Chapter 3 Exclusion; Chapter 4 The second restoration, 1681–5; Chapter 5 ‘A man for arbitrary power’?; Chapter 6 The search for new allies; Chapter 7 James’s overthrow; Chapter 8 Conclusion;