From an award-winning historian, a "vivid" account of the revolution that created the modern world (Wall Street Journal)
The First Emancipation is a dramatic account of how slavery and race profoundly influenced the course of the French Revolution and had a central impact on the lives of key leaders, including Mirabeau, Robespierre, Toussaint Louverture, and Napoleon.
Jeremy D. Popkin's book is the first comprehensive examination of the European news industry during the era of the American and... Læs mere