Publisher's Synopsis
The 8th volume in this edition contains the works written by Benjamin Constant between March 1813 and April 1814. The texts are different in nature. Alongside a work of fiction, (S1(BFlorestan or the Siege of Soissons(S0(B, the reader will find (S1(BThe Spirit of Conquest and Usurpation(S0(B (the publication that did most to cement Constant's reputation as a political author), various propagandistic writings penned in the service of the Prince-Royal of Sweden, and finally (S1(BReflections on Constitutions and Guarantees(S0(B, a work of political theory. All these texts are precursors of the works from the period of the First Restoration and the Cent-Jours assembled in Volume 9, so that these two volumes are closely interrelated.
