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The Despot and the Slave: An Autobiography in Fact and Fiction from the Writings of Benjamin Constant (The Folio Society)
The Despot and the Slave: An Autobiography in Fact and Fiction from the Writings of Benjamin Constant (The Folio Society)
The Despot and the Slave: An Autobiography in Fact and Fiction from the Writings of Benjamin Constant (The Folio Society)
The Despot and the Slave: An Autobiography in Fact and Fiction from the Writings of Benjamin Constant (The Folio Society)

The Despot and the Slave: An Autobiography in Fact and Fiction from the Writings of Benjamin Constant (The Folio Society)

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vii, 140 pp. Translated and edited by Dan Hofstadter, with color frontispiece and plates by Emma Chichester Clark. A compilation of the Swiss-French liberal thinker's political essays, journals, and semi-autobiographical novel Adolphe, weaving together Constant's reflections on personal liberty with his critiques of authoritarian power.