The Resource The French Revolution and what went wrong, Stephen Clarke
The French Revolution and what went wrong, Stephen Clarke
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- Summary
- Legend has it that, in a few busy weeks in July 1789, a despotic king, his freeloading wife, and a horde of over-privileged aristocrats, were displaced and then humanely dispatched. In the ensuing years, we are told, France was heroically transformed into an idyll of Liberté, Egalité and Fraternité. In fact, as Stephen Clarke argues in his informative and eye-opening account of the French Revolution, almost all of this is completely untrue. In 1789 almost no one wanted to oust King Louis XVI, let alone guillotine him. While the Bastille was being stormed by out-of-control Parisians, the true democrats were at work in Versailles creating a British-style constitutional monarchy. The founding of the Republic in 1792 unleashed a reign of terror that caused about 300,000 violent deaths. And people hailed today as revolutionary heroes were dangerous opportunists
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiii, 572 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781780895512
- Label
- The French Revolution and what went wrong
- Title
- The French Revolution and what went wrong
- Statement of responsibility
- Stephen Clarke
- Title variation
- French Revolution
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Legend has it that, in a few busy weeks in July 1789, a despotic king, his freeloading wife, and a horde of over-privileged aristocrats, were displaced and then humanely dispatched. In the ensuing years, we are told, France was heroically transformed into an idyll of Liberté, Egalité and Fraternité. In fact, as Stephen Clarke argues in his informative and eye-opening account of the French Revolution, almost all of this is completely untrue. In 1789 almost no one wanted to oust King Louis XVI, let alone guillotine him. While the Bastille was being stormed by out-of-control Parisians, the true democrats were at work in Versailles creating a British-style constitutional monarchy. The founding of the Republic in 1792 unleashed a reign of terror that caused about 300,000 violent deaths. And people hailed today as revolutionary heroes were dangerous opportunists
- Cataloging source
- StDuBDS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1958-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Clarke, Stephen
- Dewey number
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- 944'.04
- 944'.04
- 944'.04
- 944'.04
- 944.04
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- France
- History
- Label
- The French Revolution and what went wrong, Stephen Clarke
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 9781780895512
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 572 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781780895512
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white, and colour)
- Label
- The French Revolution and what went wrong, Stephen Clarke
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 9781780895512
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 572 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781780895512
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white, and colour)
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