French Revolution

French Revolution

by Hilaire Belloc

This book is a historical analysis of the French Revolution by Hilaire Belloc. Belloc argues that the Revolution was a deliberate act of evil by the French people and that it cannot be justified by any appeal to reason or justice. He also argues that the Revolution was a failure and that it led to the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte and the subsequent Napoleonic Wars.

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Hilaire Belloc

France, Britain

Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc was a British-French writer and historian and one of the most prolific writers in England during the early twentieth century. Belloc was also an orator, poet,...

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