Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Revolutions & coups
|
Buy Now
Marriage and Revolution - Monsieur and Madame Roland (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R2,925
Discovery Miles 29 250
|
|
Marriage and Revolution - Monsieur and Madame Roland (Hardcover)
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
Donate to Against Period Poverty
Total price: R2,945
Discovery Miles: 29 450
|
Marriage and Revolution is a double biography of Jean-Marie Roland
(1734-1793) and Marie-Jeanne Phlipon, later Madame Roland
(1754-1793), leading figures in the French Revolution. J.-M. Roland
was minister of the Interior for a total of eight months during
1792. The couple were close to Brissot and the Girondins, and both
died during the Terror. Mme Roland became famous for her posthumous
prison memoirs and is the subject of many biographies, but her
husband, despite being a key figure in administration of France,
seldom out of the limelight during his time in office, is often
marginalized in histories of the Revolution. Sian Reynolds examines
the Roland marriage from its beginnings in an ancien regime
mesalliance, opposed by both families, through its close
cooperation in the 1780s, to its final phase as a political
partnership during the Revolution. Both Roland's actions as
minister and Mme Roland's role as a woman close to power were
praised and blamed at the time, and the controversies have
persisted. Based on manuscript sources including many unpublished
letters, Marriage and Revolution sets out to examine an unusually
companionate marriage over the long term: its intimacy, parenthood,
everyday life in the provinces, friendships, academic cooperation,
political enthusiasms and quarrels, and finally its dramatic ending
during the Revolution.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.