Children of the Revolution

By Robert Gildea

Subjects: France, politics and government, 1789-1870, France, history, revolution, 1789-1799, History, France, politics and government, 1870-1940, France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Influence, Translations into English, Influence, Nationalism, france, Early works to 1800, Politics and government, France, history, consulate and first empire, 1799-1815, France, history, 1789-1900, France -- Politics and government -- 1789-1900, France, history, revolution, 1789-1799, influence, France, history, 19th century, France, politics and government, 1789-1900, Ancient Ethics, France -- History -- 1789-1900, France, history, third republic, 1870-1940

Description: Nineteenth-century France was one of the world's great cultural beacons, renowned for its dazzling literature, philosophy, art, poetry and technology. Yet this was also a tumultuous century of political anarchy and bloodshed, where each generation of the French Revolution's 'children' would experience their own wars, revolutions and terrors.From soldiers to priests, from peasants to Communards, from feminists to literary figures such as Victor Hugo and Honore de Balzac, Robert Gildea's brilliant new history explores every aspect of these rapidly changing times, and the people who lived through them.