About Joseph de Maistre Richard A. Lebrun is professor of history, St Paul's College, University of Manitoba. Books by Joseph de Maistre St Petersburg Dialogues Or Conversations on the Temporal Government of Providence by (author) Joseph de Maistre edited by Richard A. Lebrun An Examination of the Philosophy of Bacon Wherein Different Questions of Rational Philosophy Are Treated by (author) Joseph de Maistre & Richard A. Lebrun