A revolution in the name of freedom that sank into the most dreadful dictatorship. A king overwhelmed by events who allowed illusion peddlers to act, losing his throne, his power, and his life.
A quarter-century of war and despotism, that is the true fruit of the revolution. The authors unflinchingly show us this society and the political actors, where the ridiculous will reach its peak with Theophilanthropy; then the dictatorship of virtue, where the law of suspects suffices to send you to the national chopping block.
The revolution or the legalization of state crime. One of the darkest periods of our history, yet described as an era of liberty and enlightenment. With Robespierre, the guillotine is in no danger of rusting, and under the Directory, it is not idle either, accompanied by corruption and the government of scoundrels.
Bonaparte puts an end to ten years of unrest and palace revolutions by establishing the Consulate. This book thus ends on the 18th of Brumaire, but have the French conquered freedom?
A book with some enduringly relevant aspects, a book on this period addressed from sociological and economic perspectives, thus opening another view of this period that is not very glorious humanly for France.
Thierry Jan
