The History of the French Revolution

Published in the 1820s, and translated into English in 1838, Thiers' work remains a significant account of the French Revolution.

Adolphe Thiers (Author), Frederick Shoberl (Edited and translated by)

9781108035279, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 10 November 2011

416 pages, 9 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 2.4 cm, 0.53 kg

Marie-Louis-Adolphe Thiers (1797–1877) was a prominent figure in a turbulent period in French history. Described by Karl Marx as a 'monstrous gnome' and condemned by the left for suppressing the Paris Commune of 1871, he enjoyed a controversial political career, but it is for his epic Histoire de la Révolution Française that he is chiefly remembered today. It was first published in French in ten volumes between 1823 and 1827, and in 1838 Frederic Shoberl's English translation made it a staple of British bookshelves. Consolidated into five volumes and illustrated with an array of engravings, this edition presents readers with a history of events spanning more than a decade of revolution and war, and remains one of the most comprehensive accounts of the French Revolution. Volume 2 describes the demise of the Legislative Assembly and closes with a dramatic account of the Royalist rebellion in the Vendée.

Conclusion of the Legislative Assembly
The National Convention: Assembling and opening of the National Convention
The trial of Louis the Sixteenth
The National Convention continued
Appendix.

Subject Areas: European history [HBJD]