The French Revolution

by Hippolyte Taine

Book Overview

Hippolyte Taine's The French Revolution, which is written from the viewpoint of conservative French opinion, is a unique and important contribution to revolutionary historiography.

Taine condemns the radicals of the French Revolution, unhesitatingly contradicting the rosy, Rousseauesque view of the Revolution.Taine approached the Revolution in the same way that a medical doctor approaches a disease. Indeed, he described...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865971269
• ISBN13: 9780865971264
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Liberty Fund
• Length: 1528 Pages
• Weight: 6.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 4.8" x 6.6" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 18 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5