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Description edit
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.
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People edit
- Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord: Add a description of this character.
- Mirabeau
- Jean-jacques Rousseau
- Danton
- Malesherbes
- Turgot
- Jacques-louis David
- Calonne
- Robespierre
- Dumouriez
- Brissot
- Hebert
- Artois
- Marat
- Brienne
- Camille Desmoulins
- Gregoire
- Marie-antoinette
- Santerre
- Duport
- Fabre
- Henri Iv
- Marseillaise
- Mounier
- Guibert
- Damon
- Saint-antoine
- Barnave
- Roland
- Ferrieres
- Greuze
- Sieyes
- Franklin
- Maupeou
- Chabot
- Lavoisier
- Pere Duchesne
- Monsieur
- Barere
- Loustalot
- Talma
- Linguet
- Elisabeth Vigee-lebrun
- Clery
- Palais-royal
- Girardin
Setting & Locations edit
- Paris
- France
- Versailles
- Lafayette
- Republic
- America
- Bordeaux
- Beaumarchais
- Grenoble
- Brittany
- Britain
- Mountain
- Europe
- England
- Normandy
- Rouen
- Salon
- Provence
- Opera
- Rome
- London
- Vendee
- Cherbourg
- Condorcet
- Dauphin
- Austria
- Charlotte
- Washington
- Amsterdam
- Toulon
- Montesquieu
- Alsace
- Atlantic
- Belgium
- Prussia
- Netherlands
- Toulouse
- Lyon
- Girondin
- Switzerland
- Picardy
- Vienna
- Brest
- Bicetre
- Reims
- Machecoul
- Autun
- Varennes
- Holland
- Saint-cloud
First Sentence edit
IN THE brilliant spring of 1778, Talleyrand went to pay his respects to Voltaire.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Simon Schama (Author)
First Edition edit
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Publication Date: 1989
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Publication Date: 1989
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Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 944.04
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