The French Revolution : a history / Thomas Carlyle ; introduction by John D. Rosenberg.
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- 0375760229 (pbk.)
- 9780375760228 (pbk.)
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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.