title: Revolutionary Writings: Reflections On The Revolution In France And The First Letter On A Regicide Peace (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)
author:  Edmund Burke 
description: New edition of the leading theoretical articulation against the French Revolution which brings together for the first time Burke's first and last published thoughts on the revolution as well as his Letter on a Regicide Peace. A comprehensive introduction and thorough annotations open up this classic text to modern readers.
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  ## THE WORKS  
    
  OF  
    
  THE RIGHT HONOURABLE  
    
  EDMUND BURKE
  
  ### IN TWELVE VOLUMES  
    
  VOLUME THE FOURTH
  
  BURKE COAT OF ARMS.
  
  **London**  
    
  JOHN C. NIMMO  
    
  14, KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND, W.C.  
  MDCCCLXXXVII  
  
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  ##  CONTENTS OF VOL IV.
  
    * [LETTER TO A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, IN ANSWER TO SOME OBJECTIONS TO HIS BOOK ON FRENCH AFFAIRS](text00000.html#filepos0000001960) 1
    * [APPEAL FROM THE NEW TO THE OLD WHIGS](text00000.html#filepos0000098192) 57
    * [LETTER TO A PEER OF IRELAND ON THE PENAL LAWS AGAINST IRISH CATHOLICS](text00000.html#filepos0000395695) 217
    * [LETTER TO SIR HERCULES LANGRISHE, ON THE SUBJECT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLICS OF IRELAND](text00000.html#filepos0000432910) 241
    * [HINTS FOR A MEMORIAL TO BE DELIVERED TO MONSIEUR DE M.M.](text00000.html#filepos0000547665) 307
    * [THOUGHTS ON FRENCH AFFAIRS](text00000.html#filepos0000551569) 313
    * [HEADS FOR CONSIDERATION ON THE PRESENT STATE OF AFFAIRS](text00000.html#filepos0000667105) 37