| A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution Contributor(s): Popkin, Jeremy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1541620178 ISBN-13: 9781541620179 Publisher: Basic Books OUR PRICE: $20.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - France - History | Revolutionary - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy |
| Dewey: 944.04 |
| LCCN: 2019019101 |
| Physical Information: 1.8" H x 5.6" W x 8.3" (1.15 lbs) 640 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From an award-winning historian, a "vivid" (Wall Street Journal) account of the revolution that created the modern world The French Revolution's principles of liberty and equality still shape our ideas of a just society--even if, after more than two hundred years, their meaning is more contested than ever before. In A New World Begins, Jeremy D. Popkin offers a riveting account of the revolution that puts the reader in the thick of the debates and the violence that led to the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of a new society. We meet Mirabeau, Robespierre, and Danton, in all their brilliance and vengefulness; we witness the failed escape and execution of Louis XVI; we see women demanding equal rights and Black slaves wresting freedom from revolutionaries who hesitated to act on their own principles; and we follow the rise of Napoleon out of the ashes of the Reign of Terror. Based on decades of scholarship, A New World Begins will stand as the definitive treatment of the French Revolution. |