This volume spans the period from Louis XVI's succession to the French throne to the Congress of Vienna in 1815. It unfolds the turbulent events of the era just as they appeared to the people who caused them, or witnessed them or suffered from them. The primary source quotations have been carefully selected to emphasize the diversity of viewpoints from which the events of the day were perceived and interpreted. Contains approx. 750 quotations and nearly 300 biographical sketches, plus period documents totalling 20,000 words ...
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This volume spans the period from Louis XVI's succession to the French throne to the Congress of Vienna in 1815. It unfolds the turbulent events of the era just as they appeared to the people who caused them, or witnessed them or suffered from them. The primary source quotations have been carefully selected to emphasize the diversity of viewpoints from which the events of the day were perceived and interpreted. Contains approx. 750 quotations and nearly 300 biographical sketches, plus period documents totalling 20,000 words. 100 contemporaneous illustrations and maps.
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