The Perilous Crown : France Between Revolutions 1814-1848
Author(s): MUNRO PRICE
Beginning with the return from exile of Louis-Philippe d'Orleans in 1814, along with his sister, Madame Adelaide, this book examines the remarkable period that saw two revolutions; the first, in 1830, put Louis-Philippe on the throne, the second in 1848 saw him exiled, destined to spend the last years of his life in quiet seclusion in Surrey.
2007. First edition, first printing. A fine, unmarked and unread copy in a fine, unclipped d/w.
Product Information
Munro Price was born in London in 1963. He was educated there and in Cambridge, where he took his PhD. He specializes in eighteenth-century France and the French Revolution, and has lived and taught in Lyon and Paris. He is currently Reader in History at the University of Bradford. His previous, critically acclaimed book, The Fall of the French Monarchy, was shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize.
General Fields
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- : Macmillan
- : Macmillan
- : 0.726
- : 01 August 2007
- : 234mm X 153mm X 46mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Illustrations (some col.)
- : 416
- : 944.06
- : Hardback
- : MUNRO PRICE