An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List
481. The French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles (Part 7)
August 07, 2024
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Books Referenced
Author: Simon Schama
Context:
Referenced when discussing the revolutionary police state, specifically: 'Schama in Citizens describes it as the first organ of a revolutionary police state.' The transcript appears to have 'Sharma' which is likely a transcription error for 'Schama.'
Author: Edmund Burke
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Referenced in discussion of how Burke portrayed Marie Antoinette: 'It absolutely is, which is why he situates Marie Antoinette in the way he does in his Jeremiah against the Revolution.' Also mentioned later when discussing how British writers told the revolution story 'from Burke onwards.'
Author: Thomas Carlyle
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Referenced as one of the British writers who told the story of the French Revolution with 'fascinated horror' through the eyes of Marie Antoinette and the aristocracy: 'French people always say the British in particular love telling the story from Burke onwards, Carlisle, Dickens.'
Author: Charles Dickens
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Referenced alongside Burke and Carlyle as British writers who told the French Revolution story through the perspective of the aristocracy: 'They love to tell the story through the eyes, you know, with a sense of horror, fascinated horror at the revolution.'