Onze boeken

Phantom Terror: The Threat of Revolution and the Repression of Liberty 1789-1848

Door Adam Zamoyski

Categorie
Algemeen Geschiedenis
Boeknummer
#371153-ZD26
Titel
Phantom Terror: The Threat of Revolution and the Repression of Liberty 1789-1848
Auteur
Zamoyski, Adam
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
London : William Collins
Jaar van uitgave
2014
ISBN10
0007282761
ISBN13
9780007282760
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original black boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, decorated endpapers, some illustrations, 8vo.
Samenvatting
The French Revolution and the blood-curdling violence it engendered terrified the ruling and propertied classes of Europe. Unable to grasp how such horrors could have come about, many concluded that it was the result of a devilish conspiracy hatched by Freemasons inspired by the ideas of the Enlightenment with the aim of overthrowing the entire social order, along with the legal and religious principles it stood on. Others traced it back to the Reformation or the Knights Templar and ascribed even more sinister aims to it. Faced by this apparently occult threat, they resorted to repression on an unprecedented scale, expanding police and spy networks in the process. This compelling history, occasionally chilling and often hilarious, tells how the modern state evolved through the expansion of... (Lees verder) its organs of control, and holds urgent lessons for today.
Pagina's
569
Conditie
Goed — Tears dust jacket repaired with tape, few stains on the back of the dust jacket.
Prijs
€ 12,50

Onze gebruikte boeken verkeren in goede tweedehands staat, tenzij hierboven anders beschreven. Kleine onvolkomenheden zijn niet altijd vermeld.