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French Revolution: From Its Origins to 1793 v. 1 (Paperback)

by Georges Lefebvre (Author), E.M. Evans (Translator) "THE EUROPEAN SPIRIT of conquest, so marked in all spheres from the twelfth century onward, dominant in the sixteenth, was then checked by religious and..." (more)

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Paperback: 284 pages
Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul PLC; New edition edition (7 Oct 1971)
ISBN-10: 0710071817
ISBN-13: 978-0710071811

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Acollection of key texts at the forefront of current research and interpretation and written by the greatest authority on the French Revolution, this masterly second edition has taken its rightful place as the definitive account. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Internationally renowned as the greatest authority on the French Revolution, Georges Lefebvre combined impeccable scholarship with a lively writing style. His masterly overview of the history of the French Revolution has taken its rightful place as the definitive account. A vivid narrative of events in France and across Europe is combined with acute insights into the underlying forces that created the dynamics of the revolution, as well as the personalities responsible for day-to-day decisions during this momentous period. In tracing the web of intrigues and influences that transpired as the French Revolution, Lefebvre illuminates the fundamentals of historical interpretation and, at the same time, tells a story that will compel every reader. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Heavy going, 9 Jul 2007

By	paulzwo "paulzwo" (Germany) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The French Revolution (Routledge Classics) (Paperback)

There's been a big change in recent years how history is written, and this 1957 book is a reminder why I found it such a dull subject at school. The revolution (surely an event tailor-made to be a gripping and fascinating read) is presented as a dry, academic synthesis of the various social / political / economic factors, conveying nothing of the sheer drama of the time. Example: "Hume even deduced from sense-data associations that rational principles, inculcated in man through daily experiences, could lead only to approximate and provisional generalizations. As a result, the value of scientific rationalism was limited to the fruitful results of its empiricism, and in fact that term is often used to distinguish it from purely deductive rationalism." If 300 pages of this sounds fun, this is the book for you. This is not to denigrate the author for one second, his credentials seem impeccable, but personally am grateful that there's a wealth of history books out there which entertain as well as inform.

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3.0 out of 5 stars A Marxist history of the French Revolution, 20 Sep 2003

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This review is from: The French Revolution: From Its Origins to 1793 v. 1 (Paperback)

Lefrebvre, who died in 1959, was recognised as a great historian of the French Revolution. He taught in various French universities from 1924 to 1945, latterly at the Sorbonne. His work is firmly rooted in the Marxist tradition which dominated French historical studies at the time.

Originally published in 1951, this work received international acclaim.

The subject matter of this first volume covers the world on the eve of the revolution and the events up to 1793, including the European reaction to the revolution and the outbreak of the revolutionary wars. As would be expected of a historian such as Lefebvre, who won earler acclaim for his work on the French peasantry in the revolution, he is particularly good on events in the countryside, such as the "great fear" of 1789.

If your interest in the French revolution centres on the terror and the lopping off of heads, this book is not for you. For one thing, the great terror is covered in the second volume. For another, Lefebvre's focus is righly directed not at the gory details, but on the politics which caused this revolutionary crisis and the reaction which followed.

Lefebvre's writing style is quite dense and academic and perhaps the translator has done him no favours, for the book is not easy going by any means. It is certainly not a beginner's guide. If you are a history undergraduate with some previous knowledge of the revolution and want to study the classical French Marxist interpretation, then it is probably a book for you.

If it was a matter of content and analysis alone, I would give it a higher mark, but the writing style is what gives it only 3.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The best account of the great French Revolution, 26 Mar 2008

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This is the best study of the revolution, far better than any of its English rivals.

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