The Coming of the Terror in the French Revolution

By Timothy Tackett

Book Overview

How did the French Revolution's ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity descend into violence and terror? Timothy Tackett offers a new interpretation of this turning point in world history. Penetrating the mentality of Revolutionary elites on the eve of the Terror, he reveals how suspicion and mistrust escalated and helped propel their actions.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674736559
• ISBN13: 9780674736559
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.5"