New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution

Name: New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution
Brand: Basic Books
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By Popkin, Jeremy D.

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From an award-winning historian, a “vivid” (Wall Street Journal) account of the revolution that created the modern world The French Revolution’s principles of liberty and equality still shape our ideas of a just society—even if, after more than two hundred years, their meaning is more contested than ever before. In A New World Begins, Jeremy D. Popkin offers a riveting account of the revolution that puts the reader in the thick of the debates and the violence that led to the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of a new society. We meet Mirabeau, Robespierre, and Danton, in all their brilliance and vengefulness; we witness the failed escape and execution of Louis XVI; we see women demanding equal rights and Black slaves wresting freedom from revolutionaries who hesitated to act on their own principles; and we follow the rise of Napoleon out of the ashes of the Reign of Terror. Based on decades of scholarship, A New World Begins will stand as the definitive treatment of the French Revolution.

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Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 640
Release Date:: 2021-10-26
Publication Date:: 2021-10-26
Publisher:: Basic Books
Languages:: Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:: 1541620178
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 544 g
Height:: 20.9 cm
Width:: 14 cm
Thickness:: 4.9 cm

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