Characteristic account of (roughly) a walk northwards on the more eastern side of Paris. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote.

And he insists that after the fall of Robespierre and his allies in the summer of 1794, there followed a "White Terror" that "rivalled anything carried out by the guillotine in the previous months".Specialists will find little original in this account. Shop books, stationery, devices and other learning essentials. While not a "genocide", as often claimed today on the French far right, it remains the revolution's darkest and most troubling chapter. From such charged and outdated sources (Mathiez died in 1932, the other two in the 1980s), Hazan has put together a history that is often shockingly one-sided.It will not do, for instance, to say that "the people of Paris were right to mourn" Marat – an unhinged demagogue if ever there was one. English-speaking readers unfamiliar with these battles will find it deeply misleading.Despite the title, which promises a "history from below", the book is largely a conventional political history, with starring roles for the usual suspects: Marat and Robespierre, Danton and Lafayette, Mirabeau and Sieyès.

This is a perfect gift for a lover of Paris who wants something a bit different. 1. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Fascinating read. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition.Something went wrong. Where did the ideas come from? A People's History of the French Revolution by Eric Hazan review – a complex story reduced to a simple morality play In thinking about Robespierre and the Terror, do we have to take sides? It will not do to describe General Louis-Marie Turreau's scouring of the counter-revolutionary region of the Vendée as a "massacre" in a single, short paragraph.

A serious discussion of political ideas, and of the Enlightenment, is entirely absent from the book.There is much that remains genuinely inspiring in the history of the French revolution. So, this book is a dream come true for me since I will be in Paris in a few months and this book is going with me to read again en route. Prime members get unlimited deliveries at no additional cost The Invention of Paris: A History in Footsteps The latter, while indeed horribly bloody, refers to a string of loosely-connected events, many of them wild massacres carried out by local authorities, and many others a direct if exaggerated response to armed insurrection. Dispatched from and sold by Amazon. Login ou adresse email : Mot de passe : [mot de passe oublié ? Language: French / English Doctor Eric J. Hazan, dental office 185-187 rue de la Pompe 75116 Paris 16, France Tel.

Back. Hazan is simply wrong to characterise it as, in large part, a legend concocted by the Thermidorians and repeated by grasping successors "who have governed and taught us ever since".By writing his book in this way, he has turned the story of the French revolution into a simple morality play.

Please try your request again later. © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. Paris walking guide - 20 charming strolls (Paris guides illustrés et thématiques) The task of understanding is, alas, much more complicated. Paris walking guide - 20 charming strolls (Paris guides illustrés et thématiques) The model takes into account factors including the age of a rating, whether the ratings are from verified purchasers, and factors that establish reviewer trustworthiness.Sorry, we failed to record your vote. With war raging, and the capital in a state of political paralysis, the militants staged an insurrection that led to the fall of the monarchy, and the founding of the first French Republic.