The Amorous Restoration explores the intertwining of love and politics in post-revolutionary literature of nineteenth-century France, under the Bourbon Restoration. Andrew J. Counter draws on a variety of genres, from poetry to gossip, to recreate a pivotal moment in the transition from an amorous old regime to erotic--and political--modernity. The Amorous Restoration is an exceptionally well-documented resource for literary scholars and historians alike in its delineation of the complex intersection of love and politics during the Restoration. Moreover, Counter's study performs what he describes as char acteristic of the Restoration, not only in terms of perpetuating gossip, as he jests, but also in terms of the books fascinating convergence of a diverse wealth of materials.