Jennifer Tsien is Associate Professor of French at the University of Virginia and author of The Bad Taste of Others: Judging Literary Value in Eighteenth-Century France.

• Introduction1. The Regent's Seduction2. Enlightenment Travelers: Scientific Description as a Critique of Monarchy3. Louisiana Finds Its Voice: The Revolt of 17684. The Sentimental Aftermath of the Revolt5. In the Age of RevolutionsConclusion

“Clearly and concisely executed, Rumors of Revolution makes an important contribution to the study of French writing about the Louisiana colony in the 1700s. There has not been a book like this published for more than fifty years.” - Gordon Sayre, University of Oregon, co-editor of The Memoir of Lieutenant Dumont

Jennifer Tsien is Associate Professor of French at the University of Virginia and author of The Bad Taste of Others: Judging Literary Value in Eighteenth-Century France.

• Introduction1. The Regent's Seduction2. Enlightenment Travelers: Scientific Description as a Critique of Monarchy3. Louisiana Finds Its Voice: The Revolt of 17684. The Sentimental Aftermath of the Revolt5. In the Age of RevolutionsConclusion

“Clearly and concisely executed, Rumors of Revolution makes an important contribution to the study of French writing about the Louisiana colony in the 1700s. There has not been a book like this published for more than fifty years.” - Gordon Sayre, University of Oregon, co-editor of The Memoir of Lieutenant Dumont

Jennifer Tsien is Associate Professor of French at the University of Virginia and author of The Bad Taste of Others: Judging Literary Value in Eighteenth-Century France.

• Introduction1. The Regent's Seduction2. Enlightenment Travelers: Scientific Description as a Critique of Monarchy3. Louisiana Finds Its Voice: The Revolt of 17684. The Sentimental Aftermath of the Revolt5. In the Age of RevolutionsConclusion

“Clearly and concisely executed, Rumors of Revolution makes an important contribution to the study of French writing about the Louisiana colony in the 1700s. There has not been a book like this published for more than fifty years.” - Gordon Sayre, University of Oregon, co-editor of The Memoir of Lieutenant Dumont