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Title: The Coming of the French Revolution by Georges Lefebvre, Robert Roswell Palmer ISBN: 0-691-00751-9 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 November, 1967 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: it started somewhere
Comment: This is an excellent history book, and Lefebvre is a very clear writer.
The guillotine is the great symbol of the French Revolution. But how did it start? That is the question this book sets out to answer.
It would appear that the French aristocracy and the King himself bear most of the responsibility. This book is a fast and enjoyable read. You'll end up wiser than you ever expected.
Rating: 4
Summary: I liked it
Comment: It is the first book I have read about the French Revolution. It was easy to read and seemed like a good start on reading about this subejct.
Rating: 5
Summary: Most accesible account of the French Revolution
Comment: Published in 1939 on the eve of WWII and the Vichy Regime (which burned 8,000 copies), Lefebvre's account of the event which initiated the modern era in the West remains the most accesible and readable of any work on the subject before or since. Lefebvre's Marxist analysis of the event (the dominant interpretation until recently) may appear archaic to contemporary readers. Nevertheless the work is a highly enjoyable analysis of the various sectors of French society and how they contributed to the Revolution. The flowery or arcane scholarly knowledge of later accounts pales before Lefebvre's engaging prose. All in all, a highly recommended work.
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Title: Twelve Who Ruled by Robert Roswell Palmer ISBN: 0691007616 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 September, 1970 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Politics, Culture, and Class in the French Revolution by Lynn Hunt ISBN: 0520057406 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: February, 1986 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Old Regime and the French Revolution by Alexis de Tocqueville, A. P. Kerr ISBN: 0385092601 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 01 October, 1955 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Origins of the French Revolution by William Doyle ISBN: 0198731744 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: July, 1999 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: A Short History of the French Revolution (3rd Edition) by Jeremy D. Popkin ISBN: 0130600326 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 29 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $31.20 |
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