Interpreting the French Revolution (Furet Francois)(Paperback)

Interpreting the French Revolution (Furet Francois)(Paperback)

The French Revolution is an historical event unlike any other. It is more than just a topic of intellectual interest: it has become part of a moral and political heritage. But after two centuries, this central event in French history has usually been thought of in much the same terms as it was by

Minulost jedné iluze - Francois Furet

François Furet věnoval většinu svého badatelského života dějinám Francouzské revoluce. Systematicky se přitom pokoušel rozrušit ve Francii dominující marxistický revoluční koncept, jenž viděl příčiny a projevy revoluce pouze v sociální rovině, a předložil alternativní

Gate (Bizot Francois)(Paperback / softback)

In 1971, the young French scholar Francois Bizot was captured by the Khmer Rouge. Accused of being an agent of American imperialism, he was chained and imprisoned. Four years later, the Khmer Rouge entered Phnom Penh. Francois Bizot became the official intermediary between the ruthless conqueror

Liberty or Death: The French Revolution (McPhee Peter)(Paperback)

In this strikingly new account of the impact of the French Revolution in Paris, across the French countryside, and around the globe, the author draws startling conclusions about life during the years of upheaval and the Revolution's perplexing, fascinating legacy

The French Revolution: From its Origins to 1793 (Lefebvre Georges)(Paperback)

Internationally renowned as the greatest authority on the French Revolution, Georges Lefebvre combined impeccable scholarship with a lively writing style. His masterly overview of the history of the French Revolution has taken its rightful place as the definitive account. A vivid narrative of

The French Revolution: A History in Documents (Alpaugh Micah)(Paperback)

The French Revolution: A History in Documents explores the rapidly evolving political culture of the French Revolution through first-hand accounts of the revolutionary (and counterrevolutionary) actors themselves. It demonstrates how radical Enlightenment philosophy fused with a governmental crisis

The French Revolution in Global Perspective (Desan Suzanne)(Paperback)

Situating the French Revolution in the context of early modern globalization for the first time, this book offers a new approach to understanding its international origins and worldwide effects. A distinguished group of contributors shows that the political culture of the Revolution emerged out of

History of the French Revolution (Michelet Jules)(Paperback)

The French Revolution, 1789-1799 (McPhee Peter)(Paperback)

This book provides a succinct yet up-to-date and challenging approach to the French Revolution of 1789-1799 and its consequences. Peter McPhee provides an accessible and reliable overview and one which deliberately introduces students to central debates among historians.The book has two main aims

The French Revolution (Carlyle Thomas)(Paperback)

Thomas Carlyle's history of the French Revolution opens with the death of Louis XV in 1774 and ends with Napoleon suppressing the insurrection of the 13th Vendemaire. Both in its form and content, the work was intended as a revolt against history writing itself, with Carlyle exploding the

The French Revolution: A study in Democracy (Webster Nesta)(Paperback)

The French Revolution is no dead event; in turning over the contemporary records of those tremendous days we feel that we are touching live things; from the yellowed pages voices call to us, voices that still vibrate with the passions that stirred them more than a century ago - here the desperate

Terror - Civil War in the French Revolution (Andress David)(Paperback / softback)

In this wholly definitive work, David Andress examines the The French Revolution: the birth of a new ideological age and the bloody emergence of Europe's first political

The Oxford History of the French Revolution: Third Edition (Doyle William)(Paperback)

Since its first publication to mark the bicentenary of the French Revolution in 1989, this Oxford History has established itself as the Revolution's most authoritative and comprehensive one-volume history in English, and has recently been translated into Chinese. Running from the accession of Louis

Citizens - A Chronicle of The French Revolution (Schama Simon)(Paperback / softback)

Offers a social, cultural and narrative history of the French Revolution. This title provides an impression of the currents and contradictions which made up this terrible sequence of

French Revolution - From Enlightenment to Tyranny (Davidson Ian)(Paperback / softback)

A clear and fast-paced account of how and why the French Revolution descended into the

Tocqueville: The Ancien Rgime and the French Revolution (Elster Jon)(Paperback)

French Revolution (Hibbert Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

Charts the French Revolution from its beginnings at an impromptu meeting on an indoor tennis court at Versailles in 1789, right through to the 'coup d'etat' that brought Napoleon to power ten years later. This book explains the drama and complexities of this

Pogba, Mbapp, Griezmann: The French Revolution (Caioli Luca)(Paperback)

The three stars of a golden generation of French

The French Revolution: A Very Short Introduction (Doyle William)(Paperback)

The French Revolution is a time of history made familiar from Dickens, Baroness Orczy, and Tolstoy, as well as the legends of let them eat cake, and tricolours. Beginning in 1789, this period of extreme political and social unrest saw the end of the French monarchy, the death of an extraordinary

Bonjour Tristesse (Sagan Francoise)(Paperback / softback)

The French Riviera: home to the Beautiful People. And none are more beautiful than Cecile, a precocious seventeen-year-old, and her father Raymond, a vivacious libertine. Charming, decadent and irresponsible, the golden-skinned duo are dedicated to a life of free love, fast cars and hedonistic

Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber: Zerline (Letellier Robert Ignatius)(Paperback)

Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber (1782-1871) was long considered one of the most typically French as well as one of the most successful of the opera composers of the 19th century. Although musically gifted, he initially chose commerce as a career, but soon realized that his future lay in music. He

French Revolution and What Went Wrong (Clarke Stephen)(Paperback / softback)

An entertaining and eye-opening look at the French Revolution, by Stephen Clarke, author of 1000 Years of Annoying the French and A Year in the Merde. The French Revolution and What Went Wrong looks back at the French Revolution and how it's surrounded in a

Promýšlet francouzskou revoluci - Francois Furet

Ustálené představy o Francouzské revoluci ovládly nejen francouzské publikum, ale i české. Oslavné marxistické výklady se staly málem zákonem. Autor, který se po celou svou vědeckou dráhu tímto tématem zabýval, pokračuje v tradici Alexise de Tocquevilla a svým kritickým

Mourning Sickness: Hegel and the French Revolution (Comay Rebecca)(Paperback)

This book explores Hegel's response to the French Revolutionary Terror and its impact on Germany. Like many of his contemporaries, Hegel was struck by the seeming parallel between the political upheaval in France and the upheaval in German philosophy inaugurated by the Protestant Reformation and