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

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]
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