Andrew Fletcher has been known since his own lifetime as "The Patriot" because of his determined resistance to the parliamentary Union of Scotland and England in 1707. More recently he has won a new reputation for the boldness, lucidity and originality of his political thought, in which he advocated parliamentary democracy, Scottish independence and European co-operation. This biography of Fletcher describes the events which led to the Union, and offers a critical analysis of his essays and speeches which takes account of recent scholarship on the subject.
- ISBN13 9780857906335
- Publish Date 4 April 2013 (first published 16 July 1992)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Birlinn General
- Imprint Birlinn eBooks
- Format eBook
- Pages 250
- Language English