The French Emigres in Europe and the Struggle against Revolution, 1789-1814 by K Carpenter

The French Emigres in Europe and the Struggle against Revolution, 1789-1814 by K Carpenter

The French Emigres in Europe and the Struggle against Revolution, 1789-1814 underlines, for the first time, the achievements rather than the failures, of the Emigres. Different specialist essays describe their impact from London to Hungary, from Lisbon to Prussia, and confirm their critical importance in the politics, ideology and culture of their time. The French Emigres were more than refugees, they were active, and often remarkably successful, agents on the European struggle against the French Revolution.

'This collection of essays opens up a neglected aspect of the French Revolution: the experiences of those who fled abroad and their efforts to come to terms with the societies in which they found themselvesIt throws a new light on the diversity and complexity of a subject that has too often been taken for granted.' - Norman Hampson, Professor Emeritus, University of York 'Like political refugees throughout history, those who emigrated from Revolutionary France have received short shrift from historians of the period. Too often they have been presented as rather lifeless stereotypes, the stuff of revolutionary and counter-revolutionary legends, to be praised by royalists and reviled by radicals. This timely collection of essays discusses the Aemigres as individuals and examines their diverse experiences across widely contrasting European societies. In the process it helps to show them as men and women forced by circumstance to make hard and painful choices.' - Alan Forrest, Professor of History, University of York

KIRSTY CARPENTER is a Lecturer in European History in the School of History, Philosophy and Politics at Massey University, New Zealand. Her first book Refugees of the French Revolution: ...migr s in London, 1792-1802 will appear in 1999. Her specialist interest focuses on the political literature of the French Revolution. She is currently working on Marie-Joseph Ch nier, a member of the Convention and the Revolution's official poet. PHILIP MANSEL is an historian of courts and royal dynasties and editor of The Court Historian , newsletter of the Society for Court Studies. He is the author of biographies on Louis XVIII and the Prince de Ligne and his other published works include Sultans in Splendour: The last years of the Ottoman World , and Constantinople: City of the World's Desire 1453-1924 . He is currently working on a history of Paris from 1815-1848.

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ISBN 13	9780333744369
ISBN 10	0333744365
Title	The French Emigres in Europe and the Struggle against Revolution, 1789-1814
Author	K Carpenter
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Year published	1999-07-19
Number of pages	236
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