Leonard Bourdon : the career of a revolutionary, 1754-1807 / Michael J. Sydenham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sydenham, M. J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Revolutionaries--France--Biography.

Revolutionaries.

France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799.

France.

Bourdon, Léonard, 1754-1807.

Bourdon, Léonard.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (445 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Lonard Bourdon: The Career of a Revolutionary, 1754-1807 illustrates the ways in which one individual was affected by and influenced the long and turbulent course of the French Revolution. It also rescues an active, intelligent and interesting man from a prolonged period of scholarly neglect and redeems his reputation from being perceived as a particularly cruel revolutionary terrorist. Sydenham follows Bourdon's political career from the final days of the old monarchy through Bourdon's active participation in the Revolution. Bourdon was always aware that political deve

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; The Revolutionary Calendar; Terminology; Abbreviations; 1. A Reformer and His Son (1754-89); 2. The Revolution of 1789: The Political Activist; 3. A Frustrated Reformer (1789-92); 4. Commitment to Revolution (July to September 1792); 5. Regicide (September 1792 to January 1793); 6. The Representative on Mission (January to May 1793); 7. ""The Martyr of Liberty"" (March to July 1793); 8. Further Frustration (July to September 1793); 9. The Approach to Extremism (September to December 1793); 10. Under Suspicion (December 1793 to July 1794)

11. In Adversity (July to November 1794)12. Persecution (November 1794 to October 1795); 13. Starting Anew (October 1795 to July 1798); 14. A Servant of the State (July 1798 to May 1807); 15. Conclusions; Appendices; Chronology; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-408) and index.

ISBN:

9781554586004

1554586003

9780889205888

0889205884

9780585326320

0585326320

OCLC:

781318869