Acknowledgements Introduction Concepts of Virtue before 1745 Sociable Virtue and the Rose of Secular Morality, 1745-1754 Virtue and Radical Political Theory: Rousseau and Mably Making the Man of Virtue, 1755-1770 The Virtuous King: A Rhetoric Transformed The Maupeou Crisis and the Rose of Patriotic Virtue, 1770-1775 The Triumph of Virtue, 1774-1788 Conclusion: Virtue and the Creation of Revolutionary Politics Index Concepts of Virtue before 1745 * Sociable Virtue and the Rose of Secular Morality, 1745-1754 * Virtue and Radical Political Theory: Rousseau and Mably * Making the Man of Virtue, 1755-1770 * The Virtuous King: A Rhetoric Transformed * The Maupeou Crisis and the Rose of Patriotic Virtue, 1770-1775 * The Triumph of Virtue, 1774-1788 * Conclusion: Virtue and the Creation of Revolutionary Politics.