Item Added!

1 item in your Cart

Checkout

Book Condition: Used Fine
Jacket condition: Fine
ISBN: 0750920300 / 9780750920308
Seller: Fireside Bookshop

United Kingdom
About Item: Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing, 1999. Reprint. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Type: Book The French Revolution of 1789 did not set out to end the French monarchy. It aimed to create liberal constitutional government, with the king continuing to be responsible for national administration. This objective was believed to have been attained by the establishment of the Constitution of September 1791. However, radicals were not satisfied and France's declaration of war against Austria in April 1792 enhanced fears of counter-revolution led by aristocratic emigre forces based in Coblenz. Although the king tried to distance himself from the aristocratic faction, radical politicians agitated increasingly against the monarchy. On the fateful day of the 10th August 1792, Louis XVI was abandoned by the constitutionalists, and only the Swiss Guards, reacting autonomously to an impossible situation, made a real effort to protect him. The chain of events… Read More
Quantity: 1