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PublisherBasic Books

ISBN-101541620178

ISBN-139781541620179

eBay Product ID (ePID)21050392796

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Book TitleNew World Begins : the History of the French Revolution

Number of Pages640 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicEurope / France, Revolutionary, Political Ideologies / Democracy

Publication Year2021

IllustratorYes

GenrePolitical Science, History

AuthorJeremy Popkin

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height2 in

Item Weight19.4 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

TitleLeadingA

Reviews"A fresh and fair-minded account of the revolution overflowing with vivid narrative detail and clear exposition." -- Wall Street Journal, "Popkin's expertise on revolutionary-era France is keenly demonstrated here--from pre-revolutionary thought through the history of the country up to Louis XVI and his Hapsburg wife, Marie-Antoinette, and beyond, to the years of upheaval and the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte." -- Booklist

Dewey Decimal944.04

SynopsisFrom 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., The principles of the French Revolution remain the only possible basis for a just society -- even if, after more than two hundred years, they are 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 of 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 is the definitive treatment of the French Revolution.

LC Classification NumberDC148.P665 2021