A new world begins the history of the French Revolution

"The principles of the French Revolution remain the only possible basis for a just society -- even if, after more than two hundred years, they are more contested than ever before. In A New World Begins, Jeremy D. Popkin offers a riveting account of the revolution that puts the reader in the thi...

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<<The>> history of the French Revolution
1. Verfasser:
Popkin, Jeremy D.
Format:
Buch
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York Basic Books December 2019
Ausgabe:
First edition
Zusammenfassung:
"The principles of the French Revolution remain the only possible basis for a just society -- even if, after more than two hundred years, they are more contested than ever before. In A New World Begins, Jeremy D. Popkin offers a riveting account of the revolution that puts the reader in the thick of the debates and the violence that led to the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of a new society. We meet Mirabeau, Robespierre, and Danton, in all of their brilliance and vengefulness; we witness the failed escape and execution of Louis XVI; we see women demanding equal rights and black slaves wresting freedom from revolutionaries who hesitated to act on their own principles; and we follow the rise of Napoleon out of the ashes of the Reign of Terror. Based on decades of scholarship."
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  • 2. Etage: hisq290.p828
Umfang:
viii, 627 Seiten Illustrationen, Karte
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ISBN:
9780465096664
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