R. R. Palmer

Broschiertes Buch

Twelve Who Ruled

The Year of Terror in the French Revolution

Beschreibung

The Reign of Terror continues to fascinate scholars as one of the bloodiest periods in French history, when the Committee of Public Safety strove to defend the first Republic from its many enemies, creating a climate of fear and suspicion in revolutionary France. R. R. Palmer's fascinating narrative follows the Committee's deputies individually and

Autor

R. R. Palmer With a foreword by Isser Woloch

Produktdetails

• Princeton Classics
• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 139mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9780691175928
• ISBN-10: 0691175926
• Artikelnr.: 45793201

Rezensionen

"An excellent book on the administration of France by the great Committee of Public Safety. . . . [Palmer] has made the members of the Committee living characters and the events of the period real occurrences."--American Political Science Review