The French Revolution - Softcover

Thompson, J. M.

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ISBN 10: 0631119213 ISBN 13: 9780631119210

Publisher: Blackwell Pub, 1985

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Written with all the pace of a novel, this book provides a detailed and vivid account of the French Revolution. J.M. Thompson brings to life as no other historian before or since the events of the time and the aspirations, hopes and fears of those who lived through it, from the holding of the Estates-General in 1789 to the fall of Robespierre in 1794.

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This book is structured around a number of important themes which run across the revolutionary decade, most notably the themes of political and social change.

Alan Forrest’s book oers an interpretation of the historiography of the subject and reviews the copious literature resulting from the recent Bicentenary. Unlike some recent histories, it insists that the Revolution had a significant social dimension.

Divided into five main sections, the book examines the ideals which informed the work of the revolutionaries and the process by which they sought to dismantle the ancient regime and build a new order in France. It assesses the impact of war and counter-revolution, which in their different ways distorted the revolutionary agenda and contributed to the mood of nationalism, intolerance and terror that characterized the months of the Jacobin Republic.

About the Author:

J.M. Thompson was Tutorial Fellow in Modern History at Magdalen College, Oxford, and University Lecturer in French History.

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