The book that established Thomas Carlyle's reputation when first published in 1837, this spectacular historical masterpiece has since been accepted as the standard work on the subject. It combines a shrewd insight into character, a vivid realization of the picturesque, and a singular ability to bring the past to blazing life, making it a reading experience as thrilling as any novel. As John D. Rosenberg observes in his Introduction, The French Revolution is ""one of the grand poems of
Carlyle's
century, yet its poetry consists in being everywhere scrupulously rooted in historical fact.""
This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition, complete and unabridged, is unavailable anywhere else.
By:
Thomas Carlyle Introduction by:
John D. Rosenberg Imprint: Modern Library Country of Publication: United States Edition: New edition Dimensions:
Height: 201mm,
Width: 132mm,
Spine: 47mm
Weight: 669g ISBN:9780375760228 ISBN 10: 0375760229 Series:Modern Library Classics Pages: 848 Publication Date:15 May 2002 Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Reviews for The French Revolution: A History
No novelist has made his creations live for us more thoroughly than Carlyle has made the men of the French Revolution. --George Eliot