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French revolution 1789-1804 book recommendations

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    Posted: 18-Jan-2009 at 01:12

Hello all, as some of you might have noticed I've been getting increasingly interested in classical liberalism, the decline of the ancien regime and proto-Marxism, and thus, their historical manifestations and context. Can anyone recommend any good books on the French revolution, or perhaps more generally, the overall state of Western Europe in the mid-late 18th century, perhaps reaching up to the revolutions in 1848? I feel this area is a major gap in my knowledge, and I think it's a really good area to have some background of.

Any recommendations would be much appreciated!
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I rode pieces of the great works of Georges Lefebvre and Albert Soboul, they are between the better historians in this matter althought they are marxists

 
-Georges Lefebvre: if i remember well he have a work of two volumes about the The French Revolution with that title or something close, a classic.
 
-Albert Soboul: he have a basic book called too "The French Revolution" and several more of course, he centered many articles around the roots in XVIII century, but i can say these articles are hard to read.
 
 
There is another author, who i couldn't read very well but was very interesting, he wasn't marxist but "atlantic", he tought that in fact a correct approach to the revolutions must be atlantic
 
-Jacques Godechot: "France and the atlantic revolution of the eighteenth century" and "The Napoleonic Era in Europe"
 
 
 
I talk about those guys because i have read some of their works.
 
 


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