The Revolutionary Temper: Paris, 1748-1789
Author: Darnton, Robert
ISBN: 9780713996562
RM225.00
Publisher,Allen Lane
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Format, Hardcover
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No. of Pages, 576
A brilliant account of the coming of the French Revolution, and the culminating work of this most distinguished historian When a Parisian crowd stormed the Bastille in July 1789, it triggered the overthrow of the monarchy and the birth of a new society. In retrospect we understand the French Revolution as the outcome of such factors as a faltering economy and Enlightenment thought. But what did the Parisians themselves think they were doing - how did they understand their ...
