Atalantis Major Author:Daniel Defoe Atalantis Major is a thinly veiled allegory describing the November 1710 election of the representative Scottish peers. The circumstances which surrounded this election were produced by the outcome of the previous month's General Election-a landslide for the Tories-and, to understand these circumstances, the impact of that Tory victory must be s... more »een within the context of the political events of 1710.« less