The Fall Of Paris: The Siege And The Commune 1870-1
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A masterwork of narrative history, The Fall of Paris: The Siege and the Commune 1870-71 chronicles one of the most dramatic and turbulent episodes in European history — the Prussian siege of Paris and the violent revolutionary uprising of the Paris Commune that followed. Alistair Horne reconstructs the harrowing months during which Parisians endured starvation, bombardment, and bitter cold, drawing on diaries, letters, and eyewitness accounts to bring the human cost of the conflict into vivid relief. With the precision of a scholar and the pace of a storyteller, Horne illustrates how the city's fall shattered the myth of French imperial power and ignited a class war that would leave thousands dead in the streets. The narrative captures the full sweep of the period — from the grandeur and decadence of the Second Empire to the brutal suppression of the Commune in the Bloody Week of May 1871 — presenting a portrait of a civilization tearing itself apart. Authoritative, deeply researched, and compulsively readable, this landmark work remains the definitive account of a pivotal moment that reshaped the political landscape of modern France and all of Europe.
Author: Alistair Horne
Format: Hardback
Published: 1967, The Reprint Society London
Genre: European history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A masterwork of narrative history, The Fall of Paris: The Siege and the Commune 1870-71 chronicles one of the most dramatic and turbulent episodes in European history — the Prussian siege of Paris and the violent revolutionary uprising of the Paris Commune that followed. Alistair Horne reconstructs the harrowing months during which Parisians endured starvation, bombardment, and bitter cold, drawing on diaries, letters, and eyewitness accounts to bring the human cost of the conflict into vivid relief. With the precision of a scholar and the pace of a storyteller, Horne illustrates how the city's fall shattered the myth of French imperial power and ignited a class war that would leave thousands dead in the streets. The narrative captures the full sweep of the period — from the grandeur and decadence of the Second Empire to the brutal suppression of the Commune in the Bloody Week of May 1871 — presenting a portrait of a civilization tearing itself apart. Authoritative, deeply researched, and compulsively readable, this landmark work remains the definitive account of a pivotal moment that reshaped the political landscape of modern France and all of Europe.