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posted by carterchristian1 at 12:46 pm (EST) on Aug 3, 2011
I just found your page by clicking the "French Revolution" tag. I am currently reading a historical fiction series (the Sandra Gulland ones) set during the Revolution, and I'm realizing that my understanding of the time is woefully inadequate. I'm looking for a single-volume, readable to a non-historian overview of the lead-up to the French Revolution and the time during and just after the Revolution.
Can you make any recommendations? Thank you very much.
-Sylvia
posted by sylvatica at 10:29 am (EST) on Jan 3, 2011
Thank you for the invitation. I am at the moment studying the American Revolution, actually the period 1776-1815. If you say it was expensive your study of the topic must have involved some traveling. I also plan to study the French Revolution to compare the process of political change. I just finished an extensive study of the American Civil War which in its own way was a revolution, see "Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World" one of my favorite books on the topic of modernization and political change
Bill
posted by wildbill at 3:06 pm (EST) on Mar 28, 2010
If I may take a moment. I followed you from a comment on "History Fans". I just became a member of the site. I have a few books on the French Revolution. I have four volumes of the Claude Manceron set and four volumes of Georges Lefebvre. Any comments from an expert? I think French is a beautiful language. For me it stands for a specific period of history, perhaps from Louis XIV to the defeat of Napoleon, but you know better than I. LibraryThing casts a net over the world with technology.
You are invited to visit my library and write a note if you are so inclined.
Bill
posted by wildbill at 10:05 pm (EST) on Mar 27, 2010
It will help a lot in what I'm writing.
Roland
posted by rolandperkins at 10:40 pm (EST) on Dec 30, 2009
English of two Idiomatic French phrases, which I have never seen before, and which I cannot
find through my French dictionary -- a fairly good one, but not unabridged -- well one is just
a single word (noun). he other is a phrase, an idiomatic phrase, I assume. They are:
GRUTIER (noun) --from the context, it is apparently an occupation, which might be done
"at the waterfront".
"PASSAGE A TABAC" The context of this in what I am translating has nothing to do with smoking;
It says that the story being critiqued is that of a "young, disabled Hawaiian's "passage a Tabac' . . . "
If you are familiar with eithe of this, or can look them up, I would greatly appreciate it.
Roland Perkins
posted by rolandperkins at 4:58 pm (EST) on Dec 30, 2009
Have you read Medici Money yet? (I noted that you have added it to your library...) I think it's one of the most fascinating multi-disciplinary books about the Medici and their world, and written in a very lively way. (Well, Parks is a novelist...)
cheers,
Suzanne
posted by Chatterbox at 12:17 pm (EST) on Dec 29, 2009
Du har også en imponerende samling, i kvalitet såvel som kvantitet, med en del bøger om den periode der også interesserer mig (c1650-1900). Jeg glæder mig til at følge din side.
Peter
posted by nielspeterqm at 3:20 pm (EST) on Aug 22, 2009
posted by catarina1 at 3:23 pm (EST) on Jul 20, 2009
posted by ThomasCWilliams at 12:57 pm (EST) on May 28, 2009
I thought of updating Wikipedia several years ago. But at that time I was still building my Jefferson collection and didn't want to cause prices to rise by advertising Jefferson's role. I guess I need to get around to updating Wikipedia soon. As to my website and blog, no one ever posted a comment. Volney is so forgotten, and no one speaks about Natural Law any more, so there was no audience, no demand. After a while I decided it was better to focus on novel writing, not blog writing. I believe it's my job as a writer to establish a new awareness about Volney and his works. If the novel sells, then the awareness and the demand will happen naturally...AZB, TCW
posted by ThomasCWilliams at 10:10 pm (EST) on May 25, 2009
I recommend the first; it's a reprint of the Jefferson translation. The second is a translation from the UK...
If you buy the first, it may have a biosketch called Life of Volney by Count Daru. It's a few pages long. The absolute best biography of Volney was written by Jean Gaulmier. "Volney--Un Grand Témoin de la Révolution et de l'Empire" was published by Hachette in 1959. The same book was reprinted by Slatine as "L'Idéologue Volney, (1757-1820)" in 1980. This is a very indepth, academic treatment of his life. "Il se faisait appeler Volney" by Jean Sibenaler was published by Hérault in 1992. It is much shorter and draws on Gaulmier's work. Both these books can be found in my library.
Please let me know if I can be of further help. All Zee Best, TCW
posted by ThomasCWilliams at 10:23 pm (EST) on May 24, 2009
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posted by ThomasCWilliams at 11:24 pm (EST) on May 23, 2009
Thank you for your note and thank you for finding my library interesting. I apologize for the mistake in my blog address. The proper address is http:/www.notnirvana.blogspot.com I have another at http://www.ebookliberty.blogspot.com I am not content with what I have done with my blogs so far. I am attempting to improve them so that they may be more worthy of consideration. I am also working on a better review of Discovering God. The current one was written rather quickly while my blood was boiling. I will let you know when it is finished. Once again, thank you for your interest and I look forward to corresponding with you. Best regards, George
posted by millsge at 11:35 am (EST) on May 9, 2009