Citizens: A Chronicle of the French RevolutionKnopf, 1989 - 948 pages Instead of the dying Old Regime, Schama presents an ebullient country, vital and inventive, infatuated with novelty and technology -- a strikingly fresh view of Louis XVI's France. A "New York Times" bestseller in hardcover. 200 illustrations. "From the Trade Paperback edition." |
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