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Work detailsThe Days of the French Revolution by Christopher Hibbert
None. Terrific popular history of everyday life during the French Revolution. The chapter on the Septembrists is truly frightening over 200 years later. Such cruel barbarous acts I cannot even imagine. The French revolutions behaved like animals and I cannot forgive them to this day. It is true that not all behaved that way but too many were cruel and violent. Hibbert is a great non scholarly historian and I strongly recommend this book. (  ) SigmundFraud | Apr 2, 2013 |  ניסיון מעניין לספר את סיפורה של המהפיכה דרך האנשים ששיחוק בה חלק ודרך מילותיהם ממש. הרבה דם, הרבה רכילות פיקנטית אבל בסופו של דבר יותר מדי שמות ופחות (  ) amoskovacs | Apr 19, 2012 | 1694 The Days of the French Revolution, by Christopher Hibbert (read 14 Feb 1982) This book is footnoteless and makes no pretense to scholarliness. But it was published in 1980 and is written in the usual lively Hibbert style. The time of the French Revolution was an unbelievable time--and the events never cease to amaze. But this book attempts to cover too much, and so I was not as intrigued by it as I have been by some other books I have read on this subject--see, e.g., Epitaph for Kings, which I read in July 1975. Maybe I should read a good book on the rise of Napoleon. The last section of this book deals with that rather summarily. [On 13 Oct 2008 I read Europe and the French Imperium 1799-1814, by Geoffrey Bruun, and I thought it did a good job telling of the rise of Napoleon.] ( )1  Schmerguls | Nov 14, 2008 | Hibbert states that his intention in writing this book was partly to provide a readable introduction to the works of other historians, and by that standard he succeeded. There isn't much depth or analysis here, but since I knew almost nothing about the Revolution before I read this book, I've found it very useful as a basic summary of the important events and persons and a skeleton on which to place further knowledge. PiotrZak | Apr 5, 2007 | haven't read  Simon1265 | Jan 14, 2007 | no reviews | add a review
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