A New World Begins - The History of the French Revolution

From an award-winning historian, a “vivid” (Wall Street Journal) account of the revolution that created the modern world
The French Revolution’s principles of liberty and equality still shape our ideas of a just society—even if, after more than two hundred years, their meaning is more contested than ever before. In A New World Begins, Jeremy D. Popkin offers a riveting account of the revolution that puts the reader in the thick of the debates and the violence that led to the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of a new society. We meet Mirabeau, Robespierre, and Danton, in all their brilliance and vengefulness; we witness the failed escape and execution of Louis XVI; we see women demanding equal rights and Black slaves wresting freedom from revolutionaries who hesitated to act on their own principles; and we follow the rise of Napoleon out of the ashes of the Reign of Terror.
Based on decades of scholarship, A New World Begins will stand as the definitive treatment of the French Revolution.

About the author

Jeremy D. Popkin holds the William T. Bryan chair of history at the University of Kentucky. He is the author of many books, including You Are All Free and A Short History of the French Revolution. He lives in Lexington, Kentucky.

Summary

From an award-winning historian, a "vivid" account of the revolution that created the modern world (Wall Street Journal)

Foreword

From an award-winning historian, a "vivid" account of the revolution that created the modern world (Wall Street Journal)

Product details

• Authors: Jeremy Popkin, Jeremy D. Popkin
• Assisted by: Jeremy D. Popkin (Illustration)
• Publisher: Basic Books Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.11.2021
• EAN: 9781541620179
• ISBN: 978-1-5416-2017-9
• No. of pages: 640
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 40 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; History: specific events & topics, France, European History, Political Ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, HISTORY / Revolutionary, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Radicalism, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Political structures: democracy, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Social and cultural history, History: specific events and topics, c 1789 to c 1799 (French Revolutionary period), Political ideologies and movements, C 1700 To C 1800