The History of the French Revolution 5 Volume Set

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-108-03531-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Medienkombination, Englisch, 2394 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 215 mm, Gewicht: 3100 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - European History

Marie-Louis-Adolphe Thiers (1797–1877) was a prominent figure in a turbulent period in French history. Described by Karl Marx as a 'monstrous gnome' and condemned by the left for suppressing the Paris Commune of 1871, he enjoyed a controversial political career, but it is for his epic Histoire de la Révolution Française that he is chiefly remembered today. It was first published in French in ten volumes between 1823 and 1827, and in 1838 Frederic Shoberl's English translation made it a staple of British bookshelves. Consolidated into five volumes and illustrated with an array of engravings, this edition presents readers with a history of events spanning more than a decade of revolution and war, and remains one of the most comprehensive accounts of the French Revolution, as well as an example of the historiography of its own age.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thiers, Adolphe

Weitere Mitwirkende

Shoberl, Frederick

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte der Revolutionen Französische Revolution
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Volume 1: Chronology of the French Revolution; Introduction by the editor; Preface by the author; History of the French Revolution; The National Legislative Assembly. Volume 2: Conclusion of the Legislative Assembly; The National Convention: Assembling and opening of the National Convention; The trial of Louis the Sixteenth; The National Convention continued; Appendix. Volume 3: The National Convention: State of France after the 31st of May; Means employed by the Convention against the Federalists; Distribution of the powers, and march of public opinion since the 31st of May; Anniversary of the 10th of August, and festival for the acceptance of the constitution; Movement of the armies in August and September, 1793; Attacks on the Committee of Public Welfare; Siege and reduction of Lyons; Effects of the revolutionary laws; Return of Danton; End of the campaign of 1793; Struggle between the Herbertists and Dantonists; Concentration of all the powers in the hands of the Committee; State of Europe at the commencement of 1794 (year II); Internal situation. Volume 4: The National Convention: Consequences of the ninth of Thermidor; Renewal of military operations; Winter of the year III; Conquest of Holland; Peace with Holland; Last conflicts between the Mountaineers and the Thermidorians; State of the armies; Intrigues of the Royalist party in the sections; The Directory: Installation of the Directory; Continuation of the administration operations of the Directory; Campaign of 1796; Clarke at headquarters. Volume 5: The Directory: Situation of the government in the winter of the year V (1797); State of Europe in 1797 (year V); Embarrassing situation of England; Consequences of the 18th of Fructidor; General Bonaparte in Paris; Expedition to Egypt; Effect of the expedition to Egypt in Europe; Resumption of hostilities; Effect of our first reverses; Continuation of the operations of Bonaparte in Egypt; Return of Bonaparte; Index.