The book that established Thomas Carlyle's reputation when first
published in 1837, this spectacular historical masterpiece has since
been accepted as the standard work on the subject. It combines a shrewd
insight into character, a vivid realization of the picturesque, and a
singular ability to bring the past to blazing life, making it a reading
experience as thrilling as any novel. As John D. Rosenberg observes in
his Introduction, The French Revolution is "one of the grand poems of
[Carlyle's] century, yet its poetry consists in being everywhere
scrupulously rooted in historical fact."
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