The Glory and the Sorrow

by Timothy Tackett

An intimate history of an ordinary Parisian citizen and his neighbors that reflects on the origins and radicalization of the French Revolution.

What was it like to live through one of the most transformational periods in world history? In The Glory and the Sorrow, eminent historian Timothy Tackett answers this question through a masterful recreation of the world of Adrien Colson, a minor lawyer who lived in Paris at the end...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197557384
• ISBN13: 9780197557389
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.3"