{"product_id":"2026200013849-secondhand-the-french-revolution-in-two-volumes-volume-two","title":"The French Revolution: In Two Volumes, Volume Two","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew works of historical prose burn with the same ferocious intensity as Thomas Carlyle's The French Revolution, a monumental narrative that resurrects the chaos, blood, and idealism of late eighteenth-century France with the vividness of an eyewitness account. Carlyle chronicles the collapse of the Ancien Régime, the rise and fall of revolutionary factions, and the terrifying momentum of the Terror, presenting history not as a sequence of dry facts but as a thunderous human drama driven by passion, folly, and fate.\n\nWritten in Carlyle's unmistakable prophetic style — urgent, rhetorical, and densely allusive — this work argues that history is made by the collision of great forces and suffering masses, not merely by kings and constitutions. Published originally in 1837 and here presented in the authoritative Everyman's Library edition with an illuminating introduction by Hilaire Belloc, it remains one of the most electrifying works of Victorian prose ever committed to the page. For any reader who wishes to understand not just what happened in revolutionary France, but why it still haunts the modern imagination, this volume is an essential and unforgettable reckoning.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49160956182747,"sku":"2026200013849-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/85450478-d253-43cf-a774-61031b5b3314.png?v=1787188500","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200013849-secondhand-the-french-revolution-in-two-volumes-volume-two","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}