A fairly biased documentary collection

A fairly biased documentary collection

The French Revolution T1: the people and the King (Paperback)

Customer Review

These 2 volumes certainly have a great documentary value: they collect many quotes from actors of the time and allow to live a part of the atmosphere. But they do not restore the HISTORY of the revolution.
The first book is that of Louis XVI, that of his person more than the politician, because if he tells us many details about his life, he is ultimately not very explicit about the mistakes of government that pushed the people to rise up. But this polarization over the King is completely overshadow the Revolutionary leaders. This book tells how the king died, not how the revolution was born.
The second book is initially very focused on Terror and specifically about Robespierre, to the point that tells nothing of the institutions set up after the revolution that became the properties, the army, the trades? We hear of prices, famine, but what were their causes? We are told of armed messy and won wars against neighboring powers. How is history is made? It is only in the second part, with the rise of Napoleon, the author finds the material and style of his previous works, but incurs a time to follow a personality and it is almost 10 years later.
In conclusion, after reading this book, one always knows as little about the revolution itself, on the personalities that led the people in battle, on allowing terror, what went wrong, why in their first democratic exercise he has the people been so easily manipulated.
I am disappointed by these books because the author had accustomed us to lighter stories.
I had the impression of reading a written document grudgingly by an author on events he did not like!

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