France on the Eve of Revolution
British Travellers' Observations 1763-1788
Nonfiction, History, Modern, 18th Century, Revolutionary, France
| Author: | John Lough | ISBN: | 9781317189749 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | June 10, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | John Lough |
| ISBN: | 9781317189749 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | June 10, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
Before the Terror and then the Napoleonic Wars made it impracticable to travel through France, many young British men and women were able to watch at first hand the changes taking place in French society an the agitations that were becoming increasingly loud for reform. This book, originally published in 1987, is a study of France in these crucial years seen through the eyes of the travellers. It marries the travellers’ accounts to analysis of the political state of France to produce a book equally illuminating of British taste and attitudies to France, and of the French political and social scene.
Before the Terror and then the Napoleonic Wars made it impracticable to travel through France, many young British men and women were able to watch at first hand the changes taking place in French society an the agitations that were becoming increasingly loud for reform. This book, originally published in 1987, is a study of France in these crucial years seen through the eyes of the travellers. It marries the travellers’ accounts to analysis of the political state of France to produce a book equally illuminating of British taste and attitudies to France, and of the French political and social scene.
