The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle with an introduciton by Cecil Brown and illustrations by Bernard Lamotte. New York: The Heritage Press, 1956 pictorial Cloth with gilt lettering on red. 629 pp. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to-over 9 3/4 "-12" tall. Many B&W illustrations. Boxed (slipcase). Excellent like new condition. Sandglass pamphlet laid in.
Note from the Introduction: " History is read to gain an understanding of the past, a tolerance fo the present, a vision of the future. On all three of these accounts, The French Revolution is required reading for Twentieth Century Man. Carlyle, writing in 1837 of the events of 1789, presented us with a "miracle of portents" more valuable and more instructive than today's newspaper or tomorrow's essay on the freedom of man - or on the destiny of France. Simply by participating in life, which we do either tremulously or forcefully, each of us engages in revolution. Call it part of the gamble of existence, accept it as a dues-paying duty of membership in society, insurrection is nevertheless as constant a part of us as is breathing. Statesmen often forget this fact. We cannot. History never does. In The French Revolution we come upon it once more....
