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The most authoritative social, cultural and narrative history of the French Revolution, and one of the great landmarks of modern history publishing. 'Monumental...provocative and stylish, Simon Schama's account of the first few years of the great Revolution in France, and of the decades that led up to it, is thoughtful, informed and profoundly revisionist' Eugen Weber, The New York Times Book ReviewFrom Publishers WeeklyThe Old Regime, far from being moribund on the eve of the French Revolution, bristled with signs of dynamism and energy, writes Schama in this sprawling, provocative, sometimes infuriating chronicle that stands much conventional wisdom on its head. His contention is that the Revolution did not produce a "patriotic culture of citizenship" but was preceded by one. The privileged classes, he argues, were open to new blood, and a "capitalist nobility" deeply involved in industrial enterprise supported technological innovation. If Schama (The Embarrassment of Riches) is correct, the fiscal havoc of Louis XVI's regime did not have revolution as its inevitable outcome, but a cult of violence, endorsed by romanticism, became the engine of historical change in a country grip

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Author

Simon Schama, Simon Schama

Publisher

Penguin Books, Limited

Published

1989

Language

EN

ISBN

9780140172065

Category

history

Subjects

History, European History, Humanities

Rating

3.99 / 5 (73 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13