History of Europe During the French Revolution 2 Part Set

Archibald Alison (1792-1867) was a Scottish historian with a particular interest in the French Revolution. He wrote from a deeply conservative standpoint and was a fierce opponent of the 1832 Reform Act. Although mocked by Disraeli in Coningsby as 'Mr Wordy', he wrote works which became bestsellers in the nineteenth century. This ten-volume History of Europe during the French Revolution, published between 1833 and 1842, regarded the French Revolution as the origin of all that was wrong with modern Europe. Alison feared that while Britain had escaped revolution in 1789, democratic reform could still lead to anarchy, as in the French July Revolution of 1830. Although criticised by Acton and J. S. Mill for his methodology, Alison has more recently been studied by scholars for insights into nineteenth-century historiography. Volume 10 covers the final eighteen months of the Napoleonic Wars, and offers Alison's concluding remarks.

ISBN 1108025463   Volumes 2 Paperbacks ISBN13 9781108025461 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 1920 Publisher Cambridge Library Collection   Published in Cambridge Imprint Cambridge University Press   Series title Cambridge Library Collection - History Format Paperback   Height (mm) 216 Publication date 20 Jan 2011   Width (mm) 140 DEWEY 940.27   Spine width (mm) 70 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Postgraduate Pages 1134

73. Europe in arms against France; 74. Last struggle of Napoleon in France; 75. Fall of Napoleon; 76. America - the neutral question, and war with that power; 77. Congress of Vienna and hundred days; 78. Concluding reflections; Appendix.

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