The History Of The French Revolution From 1789 To 1814

by François Mignet

Bonaparte, who had destroyed the liberty of the press, created exceptional tribunals, and who had departed more and more from the principles of the revolution, felt that before he went further it was necessary to break entirely with the liberal party of the 18th Brumaire. In Ventose, year X. (March, 1802), the most energetic of the tribunes were dismissed by a simple operation of the senate. The tribunate was reduced to eighty members, and the legislative body underwent a similar purgation.

Genres: History, France, European History

240 pages, Paperback

First published October 7, 2006

About the author

Écrivain, historien et journaliste français, conseiller d'État, directeur des Archives du ministère des Affaires étrangères sous la Monarchie de Juillet, .auteur d'une Histoire de la Révolution française,

Reviews

[Saeed abedi · Rating 5 out of 5]

احتمالا این اولین کتابی است که درباره انقلاب فرانسه به رشته تحریر درآمده است نویسنده کتاب را در 1828 شروع نموده است و از لحاظ تاریخی کتاب بسیار مفیدی است هرچند نباید فراموش کرد که به لحاظ تاریخ نگارش نباید انتظار داشت بیطرفانه قضاوت کند اما با تطبیق آن با کتاب های متاخر نکته های ظریفی در آن خواهید یافت

[Leah Angstman · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a marvelously accurate and detailed description of the French Revolution (up through the fall of the Empire) for being written in 1826. There was still so much about the Revolution and Napoleon that we didn't know at that time, not least because of lying and censored newspapers, memoirs meant to make an author look better, bloated numbers and false accounts of battles and soldiers, loads of propaganda, and so, soooo much internal bias during a controversial and dangerous time (on all fronts of a very long-lasting war).

This account remains largely unbiased (as much as it can, from the perspective of a Frenchman who was born right into the commencement of the Revolution and lasted well throughout the July Monarchy, serving as a foreign minister) and packed with rich details. The names are mostly surnames without first names, which was often a historian custom at the time, so if you don't know some of the people prior to reading, you may get lost. The same with place names; the author uses names of small duchies, departments, provinces, and cities that would have been well-known to a European of the era, but that have fallen into history for most readers nowadays. The language is also very decidedly 1800s, but clearer than most histories written in that century, and the English translation (from the original French) is wonderful and spot-on.

[Kyth Palma · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Prelude to French History towards Napoleonic Wars, this book about French Revolution was an explosive recount of what actually happened. Many history books would claim that the French Revolution sparked due to clamor of the masses against the clergy and nobility, but to the utmost surprise, that wasn't the simple explanation at all. Jacques Necker, the finance minister of King Louis XVI was the man behind of this disastrous situation. As written in the book by Francois-Auguste Mignet, it was the loan given to support the American Revolution which created an insurmountable debt that started the bankruptcy of France. This was supported by King Louis XVI himself, to what may be the reason why they would support the American Revolution and the return of such act couldn't be answered till today. Research was made and a little to almost close to none was found to answer this question. The only answer that could somehow satisfy would be that France wanted to get an ally against Britain. The enmity between two states has been seen thru history but such drastic act was not enough to justify this dangerous gamble that ended with French Revolution.