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The glory and the sorrow : a Parisian and his world in the age of the French Revolution /

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The book describes the life and the world of a small-time lawyer, Adrien-Joseph Colson, who lived in central Paris from the end of the Old Regime through the first eight years of the French Revolution. It is based on over a thousand letters written by Colson about twice a week to his best friend liv...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tackett, Timothy, 1945- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Colson, Adrien-Joseph, > 1727-1797.
France > History > Louis XVI, 1774-1793.
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799.
Colson, Adrien-Joseph, > 1727-1797 > Correspondence.
Lemaigre, Roch, > 1735-1808 > Correspondence.
Lawyers > France > Paris > Biography.
Paris (France) > Biography.

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