John Hardman (1) (1944–)
Auteur de Marie-Antoinette: The Making of a French Queen
Pour les autres auteurs qui s'appellent John Hardman, voyez la page de désambigüisation.
Œuvres de John Hardman
The French Revolution: The Fall of the Ancien Regime to the Thermidorian Reaction, 1785-1795 (1981) 6 exemplaires
Louis-Philippe Memoirs 1773-1793 2 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Hardman, John
- Date de naissance
- 1944-04-28
- Sexe
- male
Membres
Critiques
Listes
Prix et récompenses
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 10
- Membres
- 168
- Popularité
- #126,679
- Évaluation
- 3.1
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 40
- Langues
- 1
This was extremely detailed and informative. I found the tone to be quite dry.
At the same time I almost felt overwhelmed by facts and characters.
This biographer clearly is fond of Louis XVI. Which is understandable given he researched and has been updating this book for decades. That requires a type of passion and dedication.
The historian continually compares Louis to Casandra from Greek mythology. Which I found odd and not at all fitting. Cassandra was ignored because she was a powerless woman. No one listened to her and she had no political power in which to take advantage of her foreknowledge.
The exact opposite is true of Louis. He was the King and as such was being looked to with his words being acted on. Several times he seemed to know he was making the wrong choices but he made them anyway. He was a dysfunctional King, ultimately he died for it. His struggles don't compare to the powerless because he always was in a position of great power.… (plus d'informations)