Folio Archives 375: Paris in the Revolution 1966
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Paris in the Revolution : A Collection of Eye-witness Accounts, edited by Reay Tanahill 1966
This is an annotated collection of letters and diary entries pertaining to the period 1789 to 1794 during the revolution in Paris. The contributors are very varied, from gardeners and prisoners to visiting dignitaries and members of the aristocracy, the descriptions of life and happenings at this time give a very vibrant account of the Glorious Revolution.
Not all the accounts are in accord with the modern history of the events of the revolution, showing how history can be skewed by those who write after the fact. The modern impression is that nearly all aristocrats who remained in France were executed by the guillotine, but in fact about 0.3% of that class were put to death. At the height of the terror in 1794, 2627 people were executed by the guillotine; a large number but far fewer than most modern students of history would have expected, and many were almost accidental deaths caused by an innocent person being in the wrong place at the wrong time, or only vaguely associated with someone who was wanted by the partisans.
It is a fascinating and easy read, and a must for anyone with interest in French history.
This was the presentation volume for 1967, effectively a free book for the then members of the Folio Society who agreed to purchase at least four books in the following year.
Issued without a slipcase (which was common for presentation volumes), the 127 page book is profusely illustrated with 52 colour and monochrome reproductions of paintings and cartoons of the era. It is quarter bound in brown buckram cloth with blue covers, both printed in white with a facsimile of the first page of the Decree of the National Conference that proclaimed the formation of the Committee of Public Safety. The book has an introduction by the editor Reay Tanahill and at the back of the book is a list of the contributors with further details about them. The endpapers are plain white, and it measures 25.2x18.9cm.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the "Folio Archives" series can be viewed here.
This is an annotated collection of letters and diary entries pertaining to the period 1789 to 1794 during the revolution in Paris. The contributors are very varied, from gardeners and prisoners to visiting dignitaries and members of the aristocracy, the descriptions of life and happenings at this time give a very vibrant account of the Glorious Revolution.
Not all the accounts are in accord with the modern history of the events of the revolution, showing how history can be skewed by those who write after the fact. The modern impression is that nearly all aristocrats who remained in France were executed by the guillotine, but in fact about 0.3% of that class were put to death. At the height of the terror in 1794, 2627 people were executed by the guillotine; a large number but far fewer than most modern students of history would have expected, and many were almost accidental deaths caused by an innocent person being in the wrong place at the wrong time, or only vaguely associated with someone who was wanted by the partisans.
It is a fascinating and easy read, and a must for anyone with interest in French history.
This was the presentation volume for 1967, effectively a free book for the then members of the Folio Society who agreed to purchase at least four books in the following year.
Issued without a slipcase (which was common for presentation volumes), the 127 page book is profusely illustrated with 52 colour and monochrome reproductions of paintings and cartoons of the era. It is quarter bound in brown buckram cloth with blue covers, both printed in white with a facsimile of the first page of the Decree of the National Conference that proclaimed the formation of the Committee of Public Safety. The book has an introduction by the editor Reay Tanahill and at the back of the book is a list of the contributors with further details about them. The endpapers are plain white, and it measures 25.2x18.9cm.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the "Folio Archives" series can be viewed here.
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Typical of the French with their ghastly Revolution to copy an English precedent - and make a right unpleasant mess of it!
When we executed Charles I on 30 January 1649 it was arguably after a rigorous and fair legal trial.
Nor did the English Parliamentary Government headed by Oliver Cromwell harm the wife or children of the former King.
When we executed Charles I on 30 January 1649 it was arguably after a rigorous and fair legal trial.
Nor did the English Parliamentary Government headed by Oliver Cromwell harm the wife or children of the former King.
