James Grande is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at King's College London, UK. He completed his undergraduate and graduate degrees at Oxford and worked as a research assistant on the digital edition of William Godwin's diary (2010). He is one of the editors of The Opinions of William Cobbett (2013).

"James Grande's engaging and beautifully written narrative blends stories from William Cobbett's life and letters along with scholarly analysis of highlights from Cobbett's twenty million published words. ... Like Cobbett Grande cares about language. But he's a better writer. This is a model for students and academics looking for a style to emulate." (John Gardner, Notes and Queries, Vol. 63 (2), June, 2016)

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction: Digging up the 1790s 1. From the Soldier's Friend to Peter Porcupine 2. William Windham and the Hampshire Hog 3. Prison, Paper Money and Cobbett's 'Twopenny Trash' 4. Long Island Pastoral 5. Cobbett and Queen Caroline 6. Rural Rides and the 1820s 7. 'Rural War' and the July Revolution Postscript: Cobbett's Legacies Bibliography Index