The French Revolution : from Enlightenment to tyranny
Davidson, Ian, 1935-2016
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The fall of the Bastille on July the 14th 1789 has become the commemorative symbol of the French Revolution. But within five years, the nobles, clergy and commoners of France - who had either led or shaped the Revolution - found themselves faced with Robespierre, the Reign of Terror and its unspeakable acts of barbarism. Ian Davidson's narrative reminds us that the Revolution was both an inspiration of the finest principles of a new democracy and an awful warning of what can happen when idealism goes wrong.
Main title:
The French Revolution : from Enlightenment to tyranny / Ian Davidson.
Author:
Davidson, Ian, 1935-, author
Imprint:
London : Profile Books, 2016.
Collation:
xxii, 314 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Map on lining papers.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781846685408 (hbk)
Dewey class:
944.04
LC class:
DC148
Language:
English
BRN:
1443366
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