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The French revolution / Thomas Carlyle ; introduced and selected by Ruth Scurr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881.
- Series:
- Continuum histories.
- Continuum histories
- Standardized Title:
- French revolution. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799.
- France.
- France--History--Louis XVI, 1774-1793.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (204 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Continuum, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 1837 Thomas Carlyle published his work The French Revolution: A History and overnight became a celebrity. The work was filled with a passionate intensity, hitherto unknown in historical writing. In a politically-charged Europe, filled with fears and hopes of revolution, Carlyle's account of the motivations and urges that inspired the events in France became powerfully relevant. Carlyle's style emphasised this, continually pointing to the urgency of action - often using the present tense. For him, chaotic events demanded 'heroes' to take control over the competing forces erupting within so
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; Introduction by Ruth Scurr; The French Revolution
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-87492-6
- 9786612874925
- 1-4411-5267-9
- OCLC:
- 676696306
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