http://mersirena.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] mersirena.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] revolution_fr2009-06-04 06:29 pm
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Hello everyone! I was wondering if anyone could recommend the best, most informative non-fiction books on the French Revolution. I'll be purchasing several, as I need a broad range of topics, from music and art, to politics and economics. I browsed through quite a few entries, but I mostly found recommendations for novels and the like.

Thanks in advance!

[identity profile] elwen-rhiannon.livejournal.com 2009-06-06 09:48 am (UTC)(link)
Indeed. As for equidistance, I mean here taking no word for granted, when reading glorifications or condemnations, and whoever I may personally favour, being not blind to their controversial or ambigenous moves.

(Anonymous) 2009-06-06 02:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Then I must agree :-)

[identity profile] estellacat.livejournal.com 2009-06-06 03:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Equidistance and critical reading are not the same. I find for the latter it's generally more useful to compare historians to their original sources than to each other.