The Terror
Civil War in the French Revolution
$26.99
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
31 October 2006
Summary
The French Revolution marks the foundation of the modern political world. It was in the crucible of the Revolution that the political forces of conservatism, liberalism and socialism began to find their modern form, and it was the Revolution that first asserted the claims of universal individual rights, on which our current understandings of citizenship are based. But the Terror was, as much as anything else, a civil war, and such wars are always both brutal and complex. The guillotine in Par…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349115887 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349115885 |
| Author: | David Andress |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 31 October 2006 |
| Weight: | 312g |
| Dimensions: | 132mm x 200mm x 30mm |
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The most authoritative treatment we are likely to have for many years
David Andres s’ important new book is a major contribution in our efforts to rethink the French Revolution … It is also exceptionally well-written - Timothy Tacket, author of BECOMING A REVOLUTIONARY AND WHEN THE KING TOOK FLIGHT
Commendably fair and even-handed … A lucid study - Munro Price, SUNDAY TELEGRAPHThe most authoritative treatment we are likely to have for many years - William Doyle, INDEPENDENTA meticulous account … stands beside Simon Schama’s Citizens - LITERARY REVIEWAbout The Author
David Andress
David Andress is a leading scholar of the French Revolution and an elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
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