Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustration ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Abbreviations xiii
6. CHAPTER ONE. Introduction 1
7. CHAPTER TWO. Wilkes, Sexuality, and Liberty: How Scandal Transforms Politics 19
8. CHAPTER THREE. Influence or Independence:Women and Elections, 1777–1788 53
9. CHAPTER FOUR. Edmund Burke and the Begums of Oudh: Gender, Empire, and Public Opinion 84
10. CHAPTER FIVE. Scandal in an Age of Revolution 113
11. CHAPTER SIX. From Petticoat Influence to Women’s Rights? 126
12. CHAPTER SEVEN. The Mary Anne Clarke Affair and the System of Corruption 148
13. CHAPTER EIGHT. Queen Caroline and the Sexual Politics of the British Constitution 177
14. CHAPTER NINE. Sexual Scandals and Politics, Past and Present 208
15. Notes 225
16. Index 301