The History of the French Revolution

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-108-03526-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 442 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 620 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - History

Marie-Louis-Adolphe Thiers (1797-1877) was a prominent figure in a turbulent period in French history. Described by Karl Marx as a 'monstrous gnome' and condemned by the left for suppressing the Paris Commune of 1871, he enjoyed a controversial political career, but it is for his epic Histoire de la Révolution Française that he is chiefly remembered today. It was first published in French in ten volumes between 1823 and 1827, and in 1838 Frederic Shoberl's English translation made it a staple of British bookshelves. Consolidated into five volumes and illustrated with an array of engravings, this edition presents readers with a history of events spanning more than a decade of revolution and war, and remains one of the most comprehensive accounts of the French Revolution. Volume 1 leads readers from the 'cringing assemblies' of Louis XIV to the storming of the Tuileries in August 1792.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thiers, Adolphe

Weitere Mitwirkende

Shoberl, Frederick

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte der Revolutionen Französische Revolution

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chronology of the French Revolution; Introduction by the editor; Preface by the author; History of the French Revolution; The National Legislative Assembly.