The French Revolution
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A landmark work in the Putnam Pictorial Sources Series, The French Revolution by Douglas Johnson presents one of history's most dramatic and transformative upheavals through a rich combination of primary visual sources and authoritative historical narrative. The work chronicles the seismic political and social collapse of the Ancien Régime, from the storming of the Bastille to the radical reorganisation of French society under the principles of liberté, égalité, and fraternité. Johnson, a distinguished historian of France, illuminates the key figures, factions, and ideological forces that drove the Revolution — including Robespierre, the Jacobins, and the turbulent years of the Terror. Drawing on pictorial sources of the era, the book presents history not merely as a sequence of events, but as a living, breathing cultural rupture that reshaped the modern world. This is an essential volume for students and enthusiasts of European history seeking both visual richness and scholarly rigour.
Author: Douglas Johnson
Format: Hardback
Published: 1970, G. P. Putnam's Sons
Genre: European history
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A landmark work in the Putnam Pictorial Sources Series, The French Revolution by Douglas Johnson presents one of history's most dramatic and transformative upheavals through a rich combination of primary visual sources and authoritative historical narrative. The work chronicles the seismic political and social collapse of the Ancien Régime, from the storming of the Bastille to the radical reorganisation of French society under the principles of liberté, égalité, and fraternité. Johnson, a distinguished historian of France, illuminates the key figures, factions, and ideological forces that drove the Revolution — including Robespierre, the Jacobins, and the turbulent years of the Terror. Drawing on pictorial sources of the era, the book presents history not merely as a sequence of events, but as a living, breathing cultural rupture that reshaped the modern world. This is an essential volume for students and enthusiasts of European history seeking both visual richness and scholarly rigour.