Twelve Who Ruled, R.R. Palmer
Twelve Who Ruled, R.R. Palmer
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Twelve Who Ruled
The Year of the Terror in the French Revolution

Author: R.R. Palmer, Isser Woloch

Narrator: David Stifel

Unabridged: 17 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/09/2020

Synopsis

The Reign of Terror continues to fascinate scholars as one of the bloodiest periods in French history, when the Committee of Public Safety strove to defend the first Republic from its many enemies, creating a climate of fear and suspicion in revolutionary France. R. R. Palmer's fascinating narrative follows the Committee's deputies individually and collectively, recounting and assessing their tumultuous struggles in Paris and their repressive missions in the provinces. A foreword by Isser Woloch explains why this book remains an enduring classic in French revolutionary studies.

About R.R. Palmer

R. R. Palmer (1909-2002) was professor emeritus of history at Yale University and a guest scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He taught at Princeton University from 1936 to 1963. He was the author of many books, including the two-volume The Age of the Democratic Revolution, the first volume of which won the Bancroft Prize in 1960, and the translator of The Coming of the French Revolution by Georges Lefebvre.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Diana

Twelve Who Ruled: The Year of The Terror in the French Revolution [1941] - ★★★★1/2 This book may be dated, but it did not lose any of its power from the time it was first published in 1941, and was re-issued many times (the last edition dates to 2013). In this book, R. R. Palmer looks at one particul......more

Goodreads review by Aaron

The French Revolution is obviously a vast field of history, so it was nice to read such a focused work, and especially one that was so well-written. I'd previously read and really enjoyed Victor Hugo's famous novel Ninety-Three that covers the same time period, and this was an excellent non-fiction......more

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