French Revolution Volume 2 The Constitution
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This second volume of Carlyle's work focuses on the period of the French Revolution known as the Reign of Terror. During this time, the Revolutionary government implemented a series of increasingly repressive measures in an effort to crush its enemies and maintain control. Carlyle provides a detailed account of the Terror, including its causes, its victims, and its ultimate failure. He also offers a complex and nuanced analysis of the psychological and moral forces that drove the revolutionaries to commit such atrocities.Book Details
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Thomas Carlyle
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Thomas Carlyle was a Scottish cultural critic, essayist, historian, lecturer, mathematician, philosopher and translator. Known as the Sage of Chelsea, he became "the undoubted head of English letters"...
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