02383nam 2200601 a 450 991082199070332120240513024038.01-282-87492-697866128749251-4411-5267-9(CKB)2670000000056605(EBL)601941(OCoLC)676696306(SSID)ssj0000418108(PQKBManifestationID)12139616(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000418108(PQKBWorkID)10371101(PQKB)11760359(MiAaPQ)EBC601941(Au-PeEL)EBL601941(CaPaEBR)ebr10427647(CaONFJC)MIL287492(OCoLC)893335235(EXLCZ)99267000000005660520100707d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe French revolution /Thomas Carlyle ; introduced and selected by Ruth Scurr1st ed.London ;New York Continuum20101 online resource (204 p.)Continuum historiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8264-4052-5 Includes bibliographical references.CONTENTS; Introduction by Ruth Scurr; The French RevolutionIn 1837 Thomas Carlyle published his work The French Revolution: A History and overnight became a celebrity. The work was filled with a passionate intensity, hitherto unknown in historical writing. In a politically-charged Europe, filled with fears and hopes of revolution, Carlyle's account of the motivations and urges that inspired the events in France became powerfully relevant. Carlyle's style emphasised this, continually pointing to the urgency of action - often using the present tense. For him, chaotic events demanded 'heroes' to take control over the competing forces erupting within soContinuum histories.FranceHistoryRevolution, 1789-1799FranceHistoryLouis XVI, 1774-1793944.04Carlyle Thomas1795-1881.153333Scurr Ruth1688873MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821990703321The French revolution4063451UNINA