Histoire de la Révolution française, Tome 09 by Adolphe Thiers
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Overview: A monumental work of narrative history, this ninth volume of Thiers' magnum opus chronicles the French Revolution's descent into the Terror, masterfully blending political analysis with dramatic storytelling.
Plot: This installment focuses on the critical and harrowing period from the fall of the Girondins through the establishment of the Revolutionary Government. Thiers guides the reader through the labyrinth of the Committee of Public Safety, the escalating external wars, and the internal ideological purges, setting the stage for the Republic's most extreme phase without revealing its ultimate, tragic conclusions.
Analysis: Thiers' work remains a classic not merely for its encyclopedic detail, but for its foundational perspective. Writing as a statesman with access to living participants, he constructs the Revolution as a necessary, if tragically flawed, birth of modern France. His prose possesses a novelistic urgency, transforming complex factional politics into a compelling human drama. While later historians have challenged his interpretations, this volume is indispensable for understanding the 19th-century liberal viewpoint that shaped revolutionary historiography for generations.
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