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The History of the French Revolution (Paperback)
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The History of the French Revolution (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - European History, Volume 2
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Marie-Louis-Adolphe Thiers (1797 1877) 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 R volution Fran aise that he
is chiefly remembered today. It was first published in French in
ten volumes between 1823 and 1827, and in 1838 Frederic Shoberl's
English translation made it a staple of 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
2 describes the demise of the Legislative Assembly and closes with
a dramatic account of the Royalist rebellion in the Vend e.
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