Children of the Revolution: The French 1799 To 1914

By Robert Gildea

Book Overview

Nineteenth-century France was one of the world's great cultural beacons renowned for its dazzling literature philosophy art poetry and technology. Yet this was also a tumultuous century of political anarchy and bloodshed where each generation of the French Revolution's 'children' would experience their own wars revolutions and terrors.

From soldiers to priests from peasants to Communards from feminists to literary figures such as Victor Hugo and Honor de Balzac Robert Gildea's brilliant new history explores every aspect of these rapidly changing times and the people who lived through them.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0141016531
• ISBN13: 9780141016535
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Penguin UK
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 1.0" x 5.1"