Chapters in this book

1. Front matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of figures vii
4. List of tables ix
5. List of contributors x
6. Acknowledgements xv
7. Introduction 1
8. 1 1660: restoration and revolution 23
9. 2 Monarchy and commonwealth 53
10. 3 Couplets, commonplaces and the creation of history in The Famous Tragedie of King Charles I (1649) and Cromwell’s Conspiracy (1660) 69
11. 4 ‘Plots’ and dissent 85
12. 5 Visions of monarchy and magistracy in women’s political writing, 1640– 80 102
13. 6 The battle of the books 124
14. 7 Acts of oblivion 147
15. 8 ‘Far off the public stage’ 168
16. 9 Projecting the Experiment 185
17. 10 The view from the devil’s mountain 206
18. 11 ‘The Sport of Bishop-Hunting’ 226
19. 12 Choosing a captain back for Egypt 245
20. 13 The French connection 267
21. 14 Restoration opera and the failure of patronage 289
22. 15 ‘The Name of King will light upon a Tarquin’ 309
23. 16 ‘A Child of Heathen Hobbs’ 326
24. Bibliography 343
25. Index 375