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The French Revolution : a history / Thomas Carlyle ; introduction by John D. Rosenberg.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Modern Library classicsPublication details: New York : Modern Library, 2002.Edition: Modern Library pbk. edDescription: xliii; 798 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0375760229 (pbk.)
  • 9780375760228 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: French Revolution.
Contents:
Biographical note -- Introduction / John D. Rosenberg -- The French Revolution. Thomas Carlyle -- Chronological summary of the French Revolution -- Part 1 : The Bastille. Death of Louis XV -- The paper age -- The Parlement of Paris -- States-General -- The Third Estate -- Consolidation -- The insurrection of women -- Part 2 : The constitution. The Feast of Pikes -- Nanci -- The Tuileries -- Varennes -- Parliament first -- The Marseillese -- Part 3 : The guillotine. September -- Regicide -- The Girondins -- Terror -- Terror the order of the day -- Thermidor -- Vendemiaire.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 944.04 C286 Available 33111006464289
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The book that established Thomas Carlyle's reputation when first published in 1837, this spectacular historical masterpiece has since been accepted as the standard work on the subject. It combines a shrewd insight into character, a vivid realization of the picturesque, and a singular ability to bring the past to blazing life, making it a reading experience as thrilling as any novel. As John D. Rosenberg observes in his Introduction, The French Revolution is "one of the grand poems of [Carlyle's] century, yet its poetry consists in being everywhere scrupulously rooted in historical fact."

This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition, complete and unabridged, is unavailable anywhere else.

"Complete and unabridged"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Biographical note -- Introduction / John D. Rosenberg -- The French Revolution. Thomas Carlyle -- Chronological summary of the French Revolution -- Part 1 : The Bastille. Death of Louis XV -- The paper age -- The Parlement of Paris -- States-General -- The Third Estate -- Consolidation -- The insurrection of women -- Part 2 : The constitution. The Feast of Pikes -- Nanci -- The Tuileries -- Varennes -- Parliament first -- The Marseillese -- Part 3 : The guillotine. September -- Regicide -- The Girondins -- Terror -- Terror the order of the day -- Thermidor -- Vendemiaire.

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