About this product

Product Identifiers

PublisherForgotten Books

ISBN-101331990157

ISBN-139781331990154

eBay Product ID (ePID)238820574

Product Key Features

Book TitleCamille Desmoulins and His Wife : Passages from the History of the Dantonists (Classic Reprint)

Number of Pages504 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2015

TopicGeneral

IllustratorYes

GenreBiography & Autobiography, Literary Collections, History

AuthorJules Claretie

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight23.6 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

SynopsisExcerpt from Camille Desmoulins and His Wife: Passages From the History of the Dantonists This history may then be read with confidence. In it will be found nothing insincere, nothing which is not borne out by facts, based upon a document, or proved by some written evidence, whether already known, or published for the first time in this volume. Our era is that of exactness and of patience in the matter of historic research. It does not boast the lofty ï¬‚ights of genius, but it has at least the virtue of respect for truth; which is, perhaps, the most praiseworthy of virtues, for, to our mind, it leads to all the others. It was no easy task for the author to make up his mind to close this work, which was the joy and the hope of his youth. What bright and happy dreams he had dreamed over it With what intense pleasure he had turned over the faded yellow papers of the Archives With what emotion he had opened the records of the revolutionary tribunals With what pain he had watched the falling, one by one, of so many noble and intellectual heads How he had rejoiced to find in those faded pages the memory and the echo of many glorious days When the following chapters shall be read, a gloomy contrast must necessarily be drawn between that past and the present, or rather, between the past of eighty years ago and the past of yesterday. How great France then was, soaring above the world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works., Excerpt from Camille Desmoulins and His Wife: Passages From the History of the Dantonists The following history of the most dramatic and touching episodes of the French Revolution has cost the author many years of labour, which he regards as the best employed period of his life. Just as he had terminated his researches into the life and character of the men on whom he proposed to form a judgment, the late war between France and Prussia broke out, and the terrible days which led France for a moment to the brink of destruction ensued. Not until after those dark days of cruel trial had come to an end did the historian resume his interrupted task, bringing to its fulfilment greater calmness of mind and increased certitude of experience; for, by the light of events of which he has been the sorrowful eyewitness, he has contemplated the facts of an eventful past not yet a century old. Such periods of national trouble as that through which we have just passed have one element of consolation amid their bitterness; they force the least reflective minds into attention and thought. They are the hours of 'examination of conscience' for peoples. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.