Daniel Isaac Eaton holds a special place among British reformers of the era of the French Revolution. His persistence and passion in the fight for freedom created a dichotomy in contemporary sentiments-he was a champion to the radicals, a rabble-rouser to the establishment. The archives of the Stationers' Company stigmatize Eaton as "the infidel bookseller," though he would have undoubtedly preferred to be remembered by the epithet he once assigned himself: "Printer and Bookseller to the Supreme Majesty of the People." Eaton was a man of tremendous aptitude and scope; in addition to the many pamphlets he printed and published, he wrote political tracts, initiated and edited two populist and radical journals, and translated French philosophical and political treatises. These publications as a whole are a testament to Eaton's literary and writing talents. As a political protagonist Eaton was prosecuted eight times, frequently incarcerated, and even outlawed and...