| An Eye-Witness Account of the French Revolution by Helen Maria Williams: Letters Containing a Sketch of the Politics of France Contributor(s): May, Gita (Editor), Fruchtman, Jack (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820431206 ISBN-13: 9780820431208 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $62.65 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Revolutionary - History | Europe - France |
| Dewey: 944.040 |
| LCCN: 95051554 |
| Series: Age of Revolution and Romanticism |
| Physical Information: 260 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Helen Maria Williams (1761-1827), English poet, novelist, and chronicler of the French Revolution, here vividly recounts her experiences in France during the Terror. Arrested in the fall of 1793, Williams records with passion and sorrow the degeneration of the Revolution into chaos and murder. She sketches the colorful personalities of her friends and acquaintances (Madame Roland, Charlotte Corday, Georges-Jacques Danton) and enemies (Maximilien Robespierre, Louis-Antoine de St. Just, Jean Paul Marat), while all the time displaying her enduring optimism that Revolution would eventually succeed in liberty and justice for people everywhere. |