The failure of the French Revolution of 1789 to establish stable political institutions based on a liberal constitutional monarchy led to terror, civil war and instability for France and 23 years of almost uninterrupted war for the rest of Europe. This account documents the crucial 24 hours over the 9 and 10 August 1792 which led to the fall of the king and set in motion the chain of events that culminated in the Reign of Terror. During this period, over 40,000 people were brought before the Revolutionary Tribunal and guillotined.
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By heretic666
Format:Hardcover
The title describes the book succinctly and ends with the death of the king and the Terror as an event is only mentioned as a footnote and not the inevitable outcome of an uprising for equality, liberty and fraternity as the stated objectives.
Sometimes day by day, sometimes minute by minute, the book is an accumulation of the most reliable accounts and where discrepancies arrive both or all versions are given to help preclude the apocryphal or fictional.
One cant help wondering if small changes in circumstances at the right time might have produced different outcomes as there were so many players in this tragedy and some minor events were blown out of prportion for nefarious purposes and personal agendas.
Not exactly a rattling good read but a thought provoking summary that dispels a few myths and forces speculation about what might have been.
Sometimes day by day, sometimes minute by minute, the book is an accumulation of the most reliable accounts and where discrepancies arrive both or all versions are given to help preclude the apocryphal or fictional.
One cant help wondering if small changes in circumstances at the right time might have produced different outcomes as there were so many players in this tragedy and some minor events were blown out of prportion for nefarious purposes and personal agendas.
Not exactly a rattling good read but a thought provoking summary that dispels a few myths and forces speculation about what might have been.
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