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.
Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution
โ Scribed by Schama, Simon
- Book ID
- 108129182
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 2 MB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
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.
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