'Review from previous edition The most fascinating aspect of this closely analysed volume, that will be a treasure trove for specialists, are the numerous illustrations of continuity in liberal thought throughout the nineteenth century.'English Historical Review'Sudhir Hazareesingh is to be congratulated on expanding from his previous work on the under-studied Second Empire to the early years of the Third Republic, with a backward glance to the pre-1851 decades. He has added a distinctive interpretation of the French version of republicanism that is markedly different from its rival Anglo-American affiliation with liberalism.Wide-ranging and close scrutiny of the texts . By his subtlety of analysis andsustained sensitivity to nuance and complexity, steering the reader circumspectly through the shoals of improvised theory and intransigent practice, we are treated to a closely documented scrutiny of a liberal republicanism groping its way towards a consensual Republic.'History of Political Thought'Honest and erudite.'Political Studies'Challenges many of the pieties of standard accounts of the evolution of the republican tradition . important revisionist work.

'Times Literary Supplement.