Citizens : a chronicle of the French Revolution

Instead of the dying Old Regime, Schama presents an ebullient country, vital and inventive, infatuated with novelty and technology--a strikingly fresh view of Louis XVI's France. A New York Times bestseller in hardcover. 200 illustrations. Annotation The author devotes his considerable narrative and scholarly gifts to the French revolution and to the transformation that permanently altered the face of Europe. Formats : EPUB, MOBI Genre : History Quality : 5 The Most Authoritative Social, Cultural And Narrative History Of The French Revolution, And One Of The Great Landmarks Of Modern History Publishing. 'monumental...provocative And Stylish, Simon Schama's Account Of The First Few Years Of The Great Revolution In France, And Of The Decades That Led Up To It, Is Thoughtful, Informed And Profoundly Revisionist' Eugen Weber, The New York Times Book Review Considers the fullest resources of social, cultural, and political history and includes accounts of private and public lives to help see the reality of the revolution. IN THE brilliant spring of 1778, Talleyrand went to pay his respects to Voltaire.