History of Europe during the French Revolution

This bestselling history, published between 1833 and 1842, interpreted the French Revolution as a warning about the dangers of democracy.

Archibald Alison (Author)

9781108025447, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 20 January 2011

910 pages
21.6 x 14 x 5.1 cm, 1.1 kg

Archibald Alison (1792–1867) was a Scottish historian with a particular interest in the French Revolution. He wrote from a deeply conservative standpoint and was a fierce opponent of the 1832 Reform Act. Although mocked by Disraeli in Coningsby as 'Mr Wordy', he wrote works which became bestsellers in the nineteenth century. This ten-volume History of Europe during the French Revolution, published between 1833 and 1842, regarded the French Revolution as the origin of all that was wrong with modern Europe. Alison feared that while Britain had escaped revolution in 1789, democratic reform could still lead to anarchy, as in the French July Revolution of 1830. Although criticised by Acton and J. S. Mill for his methodology, Alison has more recently been studied by scholars for insights into nineteenth-century historiography. Volume 8 covers the Peninsular War and Napoleon's invasion of and retreat from Russia in 1812.

60. Domestic history of Great Britain from 1809 to 1812
61. Proceedings of the Cortes, war in Spain, January 1810–February 1812
62. Campaign of Wellington on the Portuguese frontier, 1811
63. First invasion of Spain by Wellington - January to November 1812
64. Sketch of the Turkish empire, war between the Ottomans and Russians, from 1808 to 1812
65. Elevation of Bernadotte to the throne of Sweden, and causes which led to the war between France and Russia in 1812
66. Advance of Napoleon to Moscow, June–October 1812
67. Retreat from Moscow
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Subject Areas: European history [HBJD]