The French Revolution (eBook)

From Enlightenment to Tyranny

Ian Davidson (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
ProFile (Verlag)
978-1-84765-936-1 (ISBN)

Rezensionen

Terse, tightly written ... allows certain critical aspects of the Revolution to stand out in a way that doesn't usually happen.

Exemplary ... enough blood on the pages to make sure that we are kept enthralled

Written in the crisp, incisive prose of a practised journalist... his research is impressive ... [a] refreshing book which isn't afraid, occasionally, to draw its own conclusions against the grain of what has been written before

Davidson is a fastidious debunker of myths and restorer of balance. He tells his story from beginning to end, one year after the next, with an elegant lucidity

Written with authority, clarity and journalistic immediacy

Voltaire can be a rather daunting figure, but emerges in very human colours in this excellent biography, which makes splendid use of the philosopher's letters

On page after page, there are jolts and surprises, reminders and revelations. ... Lively, engaging ... a compelling single-volume history for the general reader. Recommended.

Splendidly readable ... This is an entertaining and enlightening account of why Voltaire still matters

There is no shortage of biographies of Voltaire ... but this is one of the best of them.

Marvellous stuff and an indication of the perennially absorbing nature of the revolution. Davidson's book is a worthy addition to the canon.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.8.2016
• Zusatzinfo: 16 page colour plate section.
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: Bourgeoisie • Change • Democracy • Enlightenment • France • History • idealism • Politics • Revolution • rights • State • Terror • war
• ISBN-10: 1-84765-936-5 / 1847659365
• ISBN-13: 978-1-84765-936-1 / 9781847659361