num_pages: 848
description: The book that established Thomas Carlyle’s reputation when first published in 1837, this spectacular historical masterpiece has since been accepted as the standard work on the subject. It combines a shrewd insight into character, a vivid realization of the picturesque, and a singular ability to bring the past to blazing life, making it a reading experience as thrilling as any novel. As John D. Rosenberg observes in his Introduction, The French Revolution is “one of the grand poems of [Carlyle’s] century, yet its poetry consists in being everywhere scrupulously rooted in historical fact.”This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition, complete and unabridged, is unavailable anywhere else.
language: English
title: The French Revolution: A History
titlecomplete: The French Revolution: A History (Modern Library Classics)
genres: History, Classics, 19th Century, France, War, European History, Politics, World History, French Revolution, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 957
places: France
publisher: Modern Library