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Bench and Bureaucracy: The Public Career of Sir Julius Caesar 1580-1636 By Lamar Hill A biographical study of Caesar, one of the leading English lawyers of the early 17th century, showing how he exemplified the emergence of a new kind of Crown service, the legal bureaucracy. ISBN-13: 9780227679067

Enlightenment Prelate By William Gibson A reappraisal of the legacy of Benjamin Hoadly, the 18th Century bishop whose liberal and rationalist views had a considerable influence on the English Enlightenment and the American Revolution. ISBN-13: 9780227679784

George Stepney 1663-1707: Diplomat and Poet By Susan Spens The first full-length biography of one of the most significant literary and diplomatic figures of the late 17th century. The fruit of over ten years of study, this work provides new and valuable material on a key period of political and military history. ISBN-13: 9780227679401

J. Armitage Robinson: Eccentric, Scholar and Churchman 1858-1933 By T.F. Taylor The biography of a major British academic and cleric of the early 20th century, revealing his talent for controversy, his role in the reconciliation between the Anglican and Catholic Churches, and his wide-ranging interests and enthusiasms. ISBN-13: 9780227679135

A Portrait of Richard Graves By C. Tracy An engaging biography of the 18th century English novelist and country cleric, illustrating the close parallels between his life and his literary works and evoking a detailed picture of rural life in Georgian England. ISBN-13: 9780227678985

Richard Cumberland and Natural Law By Linda Kirk The first biographical and intellectual study of the most influential of 18th-century natural law philosophers, whose writings prefigured the rise of classical utilitarian thought. ISBN-13: 9780227678596