The French Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
William DoyleBeginning with a discussion of familiar images of the French Revolution, garnered from Dickens, Baroness Orczy, and Tolstoy, as well as the legends of let them eat cake, and tricolours, Doyle leads the reader to the realization that we are still living with developments and consequences of the French Revolution such as decimalization, and the whole ideology of human rights. Continuing with a brief survey of the old regime and how it collapsed, Doyle continues to
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Year:
2001
Publisher:
OUP Oxford
Language:
english
ISBN 10:
0192853961
ISBN 13:
9780192853967
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MOBI , 1.86 MB
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english, 2001