French Revolution: A Study in Democracy (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The French Revolution: A Study in Democracy<br><br>N 0 English writer was better acquainted with the dessous des cartes of the French Revolution than John Wilson Croker. Born in 1780 he talked with people who had taken part in the movement and spent many years in forming and studying the magnificent collections of revolutionary pamphlets that he afterwards sold to the British Museum. In 1816 the publisher John Murray ofiered him the sum of 2 500 guineas to write the complete history of the Revolution but Croker never found time to do this and his Essays reprinted from the Quarterly Review are all that he has left us of his stores of knowledge. These though too controversial to appeal to the general public throw more light on the hidden causes of the revolutionary movement than any book in the English language.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.