ABSTRACT

A biography of the American Gilbert Imlay (c 1754 - c 1828), revolutionary war veteran - and infamous lover of Mary Wollstonecraft. It also highlights how Imlay unwittingly acted as an intermediary between figures of greater significance, whose ideas, ambitions and schemes he frequently borrowed and disseminated across the Atlantic and continents.

part I|85 pages

America

chapter 1|27 pages

War Child and Soldier

chapter 2|24 pages

Land-Jobber À La Mode

chapter 3|23 pages

Friends in High Places

chapter 4|9 pages

Slave Trader

part II|109 pages

England

chapter 5|30 pages

Authority on the American West

part III|61 pages

France

chapter 7|17 pages

Expat Radical and Conspirator

chapter 8|17 pages

Purveyor to the French Revolution

chapter 9|25 pages

Blockade Runner and Infamous Lover

chapter |9 pages

Epilogue: Lost in Speculation