The History of the French Revolution [complete set]
by Adolphe Thiers
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Marie-Louis-Adolphe Thiers was a prominent figure in a turbulent period in French history. Described by Karl Marx as a 'monstrous gnome' and condemned by the left for suppressing the Paris Commune of 1871, he enjoyed a controversial political career, but it is for his epic Histoire de la Røvolution Franøaise that he is chiefly remembered today. It was first published in French in ten volumes between 1823 and 1827, and in 1838 Frederic Schoberl's English translation made it a staple of show more British bookshelves. Consolidated into five volumes and illustrated with an array of engravings, this edition presents readers with a history of events spanning more than a decade of revolution and war, and remains one of the most comprehensive accounts of the French Revolution. Volume 1 leads readers from the 'cringing assemblies' of Louis XIV to the storming of the Tuileries in August 1792. show lessTags
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Third American edition, in four volumes with several fine engravings in each.
Gut lesbare Darstellung, auch für Fremdsprachler.
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- Canonical title
- The History of the French Revolution [complete set]
- Original title
- Histoire de la Révolution française
- Original publication date
- 1838
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- History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 944.04 — History & geography History of Europe France and Monaco France Revolution 1789-1804
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- DC148 .T43 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania France – Andorra – Monaco History of France Modern, 1515- Revolutionary and Napoleonic period, 1789-1815
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