The Ancien Régime and the Revolution by Gerald Bevan, Hugh Brogan, Alexis de Tocqueville

The Ancien Régime and the Revolution

Gerald Bevan, Hugh Brogan, Alexis de Tocqueville

336 pages first pub 1856 (editions)

nonfiction history politics dark reflective slow-paced
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The Ancien Régime and the Revolution is a powerful comparison of revolutionary France and the despotic rule it toppled. Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–59) is an objective commentator of both periods – providing a merciless critique of the ancien régi...

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