A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution
by Popkin, JeremyDescription
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.
| Author(s): | Popkin, Jeremy |
|---|---|
| Format: | Paperback |
| ISBN-10: | 1541620178 |
| Language: | English |
| Number of Pages: | 640 |
| Publication Date: | 2021-10-26 |
| Publisher: | Basic Books |
| Weight: | 1.15 Pounds |
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