Challenging classical histories of the French Revolution, this revisionist work argues that any history and analysis of the period must give as much weight to counterrevolution as to revolution itself.  Sutherland demonstrates that the effects of the Revolution varied greatly according to regional economies, social structures, and religious affiliations.  The book examines how massive counterrevolutionary movements profoundly affected the course of the Revolution, leading to the failure of constitutional government and, ultimately, to an elitist dictatorship that paved the way for many of the struggles of the 19th century.  Synthesizing an abundance of information in a refreshingly new light, students and scholars will welcome this bold study on a decisive twenty-five years in French and world history.

France 1789-1815: Revolution and counterrevolution (Fontana history of modern France)

History

Sutherland, Donald

Europe

Fontana

Conor Cruise O'Brien's penetrative reading of Albert Camus, Nobel laureate and author of L'Etranger and La Peste, was originally published in 1970.'O'Brien's Camus is brilliant. While having been himself profoundly moved by Camus's work, he asks why students have so often misinterpreted him.' Marghanita Laski, The Times'[Camus] displays O'Brien's cultivated intelligence at its most joyous pitch, and . . . demonstrates his unique critical talent . . . [O'Brien] demonstrates that Camus was far from being an exemplar of the truly independent intellectual and that his conception of "Mediterranean culture" served to legitimise France's possession of Algeria . . . O'Brien's prose has a sweet rigour as he first explores Camus's sense of estrangement and unreality, and then places his work within a social context.' Tom Paulin, Times Literary Supplement

Camus (Modern masters)

O'Brien, Conor Cruise

Profit Without Honour

KEENE, Tom

<p>It was the match-up of the century: four sleuths--Superintendent Battle of Scotland Yard; Mrs. Ariadne Oliver, famed writer of detective stories; Col. Race of His Majesty's Secret Service; and the incomparable Hercule Poirot--invited to play bridge with four specially invited guests, each of whom had gotten away with murder! But before the first rubber was completed, the host was dead.</p>

Cards on the Table (Agatha Christie Collection)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Agatha, Christie

Mystery

Campbell's Kingdom

INNES, HAMMOND

The Tunnel

WILLIAMS, ERIC

Military

A Question of Upbringing (Dance to the Music of Time)

Literature & Fiction

anthony-powell

Contemporary

Night Falls on the City

Sarah Gainham

Tender Victory

CALDWELL,TAYLOR

Married Quarters

Maysie Greig

Romance

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