Antoine Barnave: The Revolutionary who Lost his Head for Marie Antoinette John Hardman

Antoine Barnave: The Revolutionary who Lost his Head for Marie Antoinette John Hardman – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780300272185,9780300270846,0300272189

Product details:

• ISBN 10:0300272189
• ISBN 13: 9780300272185
• Author: John Hardman

Antoine Barnave was one of the most influential statesmen in the early French Revolution. He was a didactic man of austere morals and vaulting ambition who dressed as an English dandy, running up considerable tailor’s bills. Before his execution at age thirty-two, he played a decisive role in revolutionary politics and even governed France in 1791 through a secret correspondence with Marie-Antoinette.

In the first biography for more than a century, John Hardman traces Barnave’s life from his youth in Dauphiné to his role in the Constituent Assembly and his part in forming the Feuillants, the party dedicated to the moderate cause. Despite his early death, Barnave left a remarkable volume of material, from published works to thousands of manuscript pages. Hardman uses this rich archive to explore the life of this elusive writer, politician, and thinker—and sheds new light on the revolutionary period.

Table contents:

1. Reluctant Lawyer
2. The Origins of the French Revolution According to Barnave
3. Political Awakening: Barnave in the Pre-Revolution, 1787–9
4. The Assemblies at Romans: The Last Estates of Dauphiné
5. From Estates-General to National Assembly
6. The Decisive Phase, 14 July–6 October 1789
7. The Year 1790
8. Barnave’s Private Life
9. Barnave and the Court Before the Flight to Varennes
10. Barnave on the Defensive
11. Varennes and Its Repercussions
12. The Revision of the Constitution
13. Governing in Secret
14. The Return of the Native: January–August 1792
15. A Long Incarceration
16. Trial and Death

People also search:

antoine barnave

we the revolution antoine barnave

rue antoine barnave valence

antoine barnave french revolution

antoine barnave biographie