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. Publication date 1989 Topics Franse Revolutie, Französische Revolution, Geschichte, France. Urn:oclc:67393905 Republisher_date 20130923154948 Republisher_operator Scandate 20130920131235 Scanner . Sir Simon Michael Schama CBE FBA FRHistS FRSL ( / m / born 13 February 1945) is an English historian specialising in art history, Dutch history, Jewish history, and French history. The most authoritative social, cultural and narrative history of the French Revolution, and one of the great landmarks of modern history publishing. His award-winning books, translated into fifteen languages, include Citizens, Landscape and Memory, Rembrandt's Eyes, A History of Britain, The Power of Art, Rough Crossings, The American Future, The Face of Britain and The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words (1000 BCE - 1492). Robespierre used to chide his moderate opponents of wanting a revolution without a revolution. Urn:lcp:citizenschronic00scha:epub:47d2412a-b3c4-4847-951b-7c05484fa9e9 Extramarc Columbia University Libraries Foldoutcount 0 Identifier citizenschronic00scha Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t3pv8fb7q Isbn 0394559487ĩ780394559483 Lccn 88045320 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.11 Ocr_module_version 0.0.14 Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 96.14 Pages 986 Ppi 500 Related-external-id urn:isbn:9025419178 Simon Schama, Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution.

it was the Revolution's source of collective energy. Simon Schama deftly refutes the contemporary notion that the French Revolution represented an uprising of the oppressed poor against a decadent aristocracy and corrupt court. 'The terror ,' declared Schama in the book, 'was merely 1789 with a higher body count violence. A Chronicle of the French Revolution From one of the truly preeminent historians of our time, this is a landmark book chronicling the French Revolution. Urn:lcp:citizenschronic00scha:lcpdf:dca5278b-820b-469d-af01-cc209957b928 Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution is a book by the historian Simon Schama, published in 1989, the bicentenary of the French Revolution. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 18:48:31.145677 Bookplateleaf 0005 Boxid IA169509 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donor

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