Letters From Revolutionary France

Klappentext Watkin Tench's letters (from Quimper and from the French ships "le Marat" and "le Normandie" in Brest harbour) give a powerful sense of a country caught up in a process of rapid and unpredictable change at a time when counter-revolutionary uprisings in rural Brittany were being fuelled by differences in religion and language.This fully-annotated edition includes an introduction placing Tench's work in its historical! literary and cultural contexts. It will appeal not only to students and scholars of history and literature! but to all those interested in the French Revolution as well as in military and maritime history at the turn of the nineteenth century. Zusammenfassung This work presents an annotated version of the letters of Major Watkin Tench! who was held on parole in the town of Quimper in Brittany between 1794-1795. His account illustrates and analyzes the volatile relationship between languages and socio-political codes during the French Revolution.

Product details

• Authors: Watkin Tench
• Assisted by: Gavin Edwards (Editor)
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.08.2001
• EAN: 9780708316917
• ISBN: 978-0-7083-1691-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, France, European History, Diaries, letters & journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, military history, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Colonialism & imperialism, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, From, Colonialism and imperialism, Letters, Diaries, letters and journals, C 1700 To C 1800, Revolutionary