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Munro Price was born in London and educated there and at Cambridge, where he received his Ph.D. He specializes in eighteenth-century France and the French Revolution, and has lived and taught in Lyon and Paris
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- Munro Price was born in London, and was educated there and in Cambridge, where he took his PhD. He specializes in eighteenth and early nineteenth-century France, and has lived and taught in Lyon and Paris. He is Professor of Modern European in History at the University of Bradford. His critically acclaimed books include The Fall of the French Monarchy, which won the Franco-British Society's Literary Prize and was shortlisted for the Longman-History Today Prize.
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- Œuvres
- 7
- Membres
- 198
- Popularité
- #110,929
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 24
- Langues
- 3
The Perilous Crown is not so much a biography as it is a history of an era told through the lens of two prominent participants, though its use of this focus makes it more readable than a pure history. Author Munro Price is also a fine writer who sprinkles his prose with witty asides and wry observations; he is helped by the natural wit of many of the era's prominent figures, not merely Louis-Philippe and Adélaïde (their fondness for scatological humor aside...), but also leading chroniclers of and participants in the era such as Victor Hugo, Adolphe Thiers and François Guizot. Price is sympathetic to his protagonists but also unsparing about their foibles, especially Louis-Philippe's tendency to vacillate under pressure and the growing political rigidity that characterized him as he grew older. though casual readers might find their eyes glazing over in some of the later chapters, when Price apologetically dives into the dizzying political turmoil of Louis-Philippe's so-called "July Monarchy," no background in French history is necessary to appreciate this accessible book.… (plus d'informations)