Old Regime and the French Revolution
Publisher: Peter Smith Publisher
Published: June 1979
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780844619736
Subjects: American history; Revolution, 1789-1799; History; History - General History; History: American; USA; Europe - France; France; Causes
First sentence: No great historical event is better calculated than the French Revolution to teach political writers and statesmen to be cautious in their speculations; for never was any such event, stemming from factors so far back in the past, so inevitable yet so completely unforeseen.