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Citizens : A Chronicle of the French Revolution by Simon Schama (1991, Hardcover)

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Instead of the dying Old Regime, Schama presents an ebullient country, vital and inventive, infatuated with novelty and technology -- a strikingly fresh view of Louis XVIs France. A New York Times bestseller in hardcover. 200 illustrations. From the Trade Paperback edition.

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PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group

ISBN-100394559487

ISBN-139780394559483

eBay Product ID (ePID)1216306

Product Key Features

Book TitleCitizens : a Chronicle of the French Revolution

TopicEurope / France

Publication Year1991

Number of Pages512 Pages

LanguageEnglish

GenreHistory

AuthorSimon Schama

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight52.7 Oz

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN88-045320

Reviews"Dazzling...stimulating...This is no ordinary book...Schama does not merely write brilliantly about people, about events, about the abuse of rhetoric, and about festivals and executions. He also chronicle with a dramatic burst of poetic imagination.... The virtues of this book [lie] in the coruscating brilliance of dazzling display of erudition and intelligence ... His chronicle is, after all, a stunningly virtuoso performance." -- Lawrence Stone,The New Republic "One of The Best Books Of The Decade." --Time "Monumental...a delight to read...Lively descriptions of major events, colorful cameos of leading characters (and obscure ones too), bring them to life here as no other general work has done....Above all, Mr. Schama tells a story, and he tells it well." --The New York Times Book Review "Citizens, like the great 19th-century narratives it emulates, makes entertainment and erudition work hand in hand....As no other recent historian of the revolution, Schama brings to life the excitement -- and harrowing terror -- of an epochal human event." --Newsweek "A fresh and elegant narrative...A brilliantly readable and beautifully illustrated account." --Washington Post Book World "We are in the hands of a master storyteller...Vivid, dramatic, thought-provoking...Schama's portrait of the revolution is often surprising...His splendid recounting convinces us that much of what we thought we knew is wrong." --Time From the Trade Paperback edition., "Dazzling...stimulating...This is no ordinary book...Schama does not merely write brilliantly about people, about events, about the abuse of rhetoric, and about festivals and executions. He also chronicle with a dramatic burst of poetic imagination.... The virtues of this book [lie] in the coruscating brilliance of dazzling display of erudition and intelligence ... His chronicle is, after all, a stunningly virtuoso performance." -- Lawrence Stone, The New Republic "One of The Best Books Of The Decade." -- Time "Monumental...a delight to read...Lively descriptions of major events, colorful cameos of leading characters (and obscure ones too), bring them to life here as no other general work has done....Above all, Mr. Schama tells a story, and he tells it well." -- The New York Times Book Review "Citizens, like the great 19th-century narratives it emulates, makes entertainment and erudition work hand in hand....As no other recent historian of the revolution, Schama brings to life the excitement -- and harrowing terror -- of an epochal human event." -- Newsweek "A fresh and elegant narrative...A brilliantly readable and beautifully illustrated account." -- Washington Post Book World "We are in the hands of a master storyteller...Vivid, dramatic, thought-provoking...Schama's portrait of the revolution is often surprising...His splendid recounting convinces us that much of what we thought we knew is wrong." -- Time

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal944/.04

SynopsisInstead of the dying Old Regime, Schama presents an ebullient country, vital and inventive, infatuated with novelty and technology -- a strikingly fresh view of Louis XVI's France. ANew York Timesbestseller in hardcover. 200 illustrations. From the Trade Paperback edition.

LC Classification NumberDC148.S43 1989