Join the Ash Center for an in-person book talk with Danielle Allen, James Bryant Conant University Professor, director of the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation and author of “Radical Duke: How One Aristocrat and the American Revolution Transformed Britain.” In “Radical Duke,” Allen argues that the sparks of the “Age of Revolution” were ignited—not in the thirteen American Colonies or in the barricades in France, but in Britain—largely through the efforts of a reform-minded aristocrat. The book tells the lesser story of Charles Lennox, the third Duke of Richmond, who, from 1767 to 1782, was a leading voice against Crown overreach. Lennox fought against political corruption, disenfranchisement and attacks on civil rights and liberties. By examining the political innovations of Lennox and other British reformers, Allen offers lessons that can be applied for contemporary political systems and for those seeking to transform them through reform.