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The French Revolution: A History
by Thomas Carlyle
informative
slow-paced
First, why did I read this work: several reasons. One, some time near the New Year, assuming Biden wins in November, Trump and the MAGAits will try to over throw our Constitutional Republic. This will be a revolution of the aristocracy V the masses. The current wealth discrepancy in the U.S. is near the level of France in 1789. This makes France in 1789 a good start for what may happen in Dec - Jan. Two, how did France deal with the Church both during and after the Revolution. My next read deals with that issue. In the NCAA's SEC conference states most Pastors, Preachers, and Priests preach a extreme right wing theology of prosperity. This will have to stop after the Constitutional forces put the MAGA rebellion down. Again, France is a great place to start with what they did, but you can't understand what the French Republic did to the Catholic Church unless you understand what they did politically. Third, and the weakest of my reasons, the Revolution set the stage for Napoleon and the next 100 years of European history.
I am also very glad that I picked this work as my start point. Carlyle takes a very story telling style of telling the history. This is not a work of mere facts, people, places, dates, deaths battles history, this is a story of 25 million people. Carlyle tells their stories. From Louis and Marie, Marat, Fouquier, Danton, Robesierre, Lafayette, Dame de Stael and many others to the common man who gained his "Fifteen minutes of Fame" or the women who got their Fifteen minutes of infamy. All these people are here. The story is both sad and encouraging, full of mans best moments and his worst, 260,000 French men and women were killed by the guillotine, rope, shot and shell, drowning, or the knife. About one percent of the population of 25 million in 1789. Now ask this question, can the Defenders of the Constitutional Government execute 3.3 million U.S citizens or will we have to be much more selective in who and whom we execute for treason? Also a question that I asked myself more than once while going through this work. All in all a very thought provoking and enlightening book.
I am also very glad that I picked this work as my start point. Carlyle takes a very story telling style of telling the history. This is not a work of mere facts, people, places, dates, deaths battles history, this is a story of 25 million people. Carlyle tells their stories. From Louis and Marie, Marat, Fouquier, Danton, Robesierre, Lafayette, Dame de Stael and many others to the common man who gained his "Fifteen minutes of Fame" or the women who got their Fifteen minutes of infamy. All these people are here. The story is both sad and encouraging, full of mans best moments and his worst, 260,000 French men and women were killed by the guillotine, rope, shot and shell, drowning, or the knife. About one percent of the population of 25 million in 1789. Now ask this question, can the Defenders of the Constitutional Government execute 3.3 million U.S citizens or will we have to be much more selective in who and whom we execute for treason? Also a question that I asked myself more than once while going through this work. All in all a very thought provoking and enlightening book.