{"product_id":"an-historical-sketch-of-the-french-revolution-from-its-commencement-to-the-year-1792-paperback-9781108025515","title":"An Historical Sketch of the French Revolution from its Commencement to the Year 1792 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108025515","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAn Historical Sketch of the French Revolution from its Commencement to the Year 1792\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1792 history of the French Revolution reveals the author's support for democratic reform.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJames Mackintosh (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108025515, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 3 February 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e574 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3.2 cm, 0.72 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eJames Mackintosh (1765–1832) was a Scottish lawyer, liberal philosopher, politician, journalist and historian. His most famous work, Vindiciae Gallicae (1791), was a reply to Edmund Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution. Burke considered it the best answer to his essay, and, together with Thomas Paine's Rights of Man, the most significant. However, subsequent events in France caused Mackintosh to reconsider his views on the French Revolution, and he later became an admirer of Burke. He argued for gradual democratic reform in England to prevent radical upheaval. The Historical Sketch, based mainly on French sources, was published in 1792, and outlines the origins of the French Revolution and its course until the start of that year. Mackintosh argues that differences in the French and British constitutions could explain why violent revolution had broken out in France but not in Britain.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I: 1. The author partly espouses Mr. Burke's sentiments\u003cbr\u003e 2. The rise of sovereignty in France\u003cbr\u003e 3. The latter years of the reign of Lewis XV detested and ridiculed\u003cbr\u003e 4. The effects of the American war in France\u003cbr\u003e 5. The difference between England and France briefly stated\u003cbr\u003e 6. The factions classed in three great divisions\u003cbr\u003e 7. The first open act of violence committed in Paris\u003cbr\u003e 8. Conclusion of the king's speech at the opening of the States-General\u003cbr\u003e 9. All government at an end in the city of Paris\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Bastille taken by storm\u003cbr\u003e 11. Reflections on the distressing situation of the queen of France\u003cbr\u003e 12. The National Assembly alarmed at these horrid excesses\u003cbr\u003e 13. All titles existing in France abolished for ever\u003cbr\u003e 14. The oaths taken by the king, people, and army\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Part II: 15. Remarks on the National Assembly\u003cbr\u003e 16. The royal family treated as criminals\u003cbr\u003e 17. The Assembly dissolved\u003cbr\u003e 18. Remarks on the new Republic of America\u003cbr\u003e Appendix.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265975177496,"sku":"9781108025515","price":42.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108025515i_fd7cb11b-50dd-4d1d-a16f-851d48e81070.jpg?v=1694873365","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/an-historical-sketch-of-the-french-revolution-from-its-commencement-to-the-year-1792-paperback-9781108025515","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}