Download or read book A Political Biography of William King written by Christopher J. Fauske and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William King (1650-1729) was perhaps the dominant Irish intellect of the period from 1688 until his death in 1729. An Anglican (Church of Ireland) by conversion, King was a strident critic of John Toland and the clerical superior of Jonathan Swift.