REVOLUTION

by Saral Eimerl ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 16, 1967

As this account of the French Revolution gathers momentum, as power passes from King and aristocracy to prosperous bourgeois to democratic idealists to radical poor, admiration for its author increases. The Honest Uncle, patiently telling what happened--explaining excesses, analyzing psychological vagaries and political realities, citing historical parallels--becomes the impassioned, informed observer. She illuminates with examples the weaknesses of the Girondins and the excesses of the Jacobins, catches fire in the murder of Marat, the execution of Danton, and the rejection of Robespierre by the Convention. Each of the three principals plays his part with such telling effect that the reader is left weak--but wiser, much wiser...for the impact of events is tempered with historical insight in a beautifully balanced presentation.

Pub Date: Feb. 16, 1967

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Little, Brown

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1967

Categories: NONFICTION