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When the King Took Flight
by Timothy Tackett
ISBN: 0674016424
ISBN-13: 9780674016422
Format: Paperback
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Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr
Published date: 2004
Size: 5 x 8 inches
Weight: 0.75 pounds
Pages: 270
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When the King Took Flight
Tackett, Timothy
Harvard University Press, 2004. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Light edge and corner wear to covers. Front cover shows light waviness. Clean and unmarked inside, NO creasing to spine, tightly bound. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 288 p. Audience: General/trade. ( more information) Offered by Dale's Books (Canada)
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When the King Took Flight
Tackett, Timothy
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2003 xi, 270 pp., illus., maps, biblio., index; 20 cm. AS NEW. "On a June night in 1791, King Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette fled Paris in disguise, hoping to escape the mounting turmoil of the French Revolution. They were arrested by a small group of citizens a few miles from the Belgian border and forced to return to Paris. Two years later they would both die at the guillotine. It is this extraordinary story, and the events leading up to and away from it, that Tackett recounts in gripping novelistic style. The king's flight opens a window to the whole of French society during the Revolution. Each dramatic chapter spotlights a different segment of the population, from the king and queen as they plotted and executed their flight, to the people of Varennes who apprehended the royal family, to the radicals of Paris who urged an end to monarchy, to the leaders of the National Assembly struggling to control a spiraling crisis, to the ordinary citizens stunned by their king's desertion. Tackett shows how Louis's flight reshaped popular attitudes toward kingship, intensified fears of invasion and conspiracy, and helped pave the way for the Reign of Terror. Tackett brings to life an array of unique characters as they struggle to confront the monumental transformations set in motion in 1789. In so doing, he offers an important new interpretation of the Revolution. By emphasizing the unpredictable and contingent character of this story, he underscores the power of a single event to change irrevocably the course of the French Revolution, and consequently the history of the world. / Timothy Tackett is Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine." - Publisher.. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Left Coast Books (United States)
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When the King Took Flight (Qty: 5)
Timothy Tackett
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Tackett, Timothy
Harvard University Press. PAPERBACK. 0674016424 NEW and IN STOCK. Sourced directly from the publisher. . New. ( more information) Offered by Pronto Books (United Kingdom)
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WHEN THE KING TOOK FLIGHT (Qty: 3)
TACKETT, TIMOTHY (PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2004. NEW ED. Brand new. Author: TACKETT, TIMOTHY (PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE, USA); Publisher: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS; Year: 2004; Edition: NEW ED; Pages: 288; Country of Publication: USA; Book Dimensions: 204 x 131; Book Format: paperback; ( more information) Offered by Thunder Books (United States)
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Timothy Tackett
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