The Bastille: A History of a Symbol of Despotism and Freedom by Hans-Jürgen Lüsebrink, Rolf Reichardt

The Bastille: A History of a Symbol of Despotism and Freedom

Bicentennial Reflections on the French Revolution

Hans-Jürgen Lüsebrink, Rolf Reichardt with Norbert Schürer (Translator)

328 pages • missing pub info (view editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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This book is both an analysis of the Bastille as cultural paradigm and a case study on the history of French political culture. It examines in particular the storming and subsequent fall of the Bastille in Paris on July 14, 1789 and how it came to...

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