{"product_id":"the-coming-of-the-terror-in-the-french-revolution-by-timothy-tackett-9780674979895","title":"The Coming of the Terror in the French Revolution","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBetween 1793 and 1794, thousands of French citizens were imprisoned and hundreds sent to the guillotine by a powerful dictatorship that claimed to be acting in the public interest. Only a few years earlier, revolutionaries had proclaimed a new era of tolerance, equal justice, and human rights. How and why did the French Revolution's lofty ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity descend into violence and terror?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy attending to the role of emotions in propelling the Terror, Tackett steers a more nuanced course than many previous historians have managed. Imagined terrors, as Tackett very usefully reminds us, can have even more political potency than real ones. -David A. Bell, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e[Tackett] analyzes the \u003ci\u003ementalité\u003c\/i\u003e of those who became 'terrorists' in 18th-century France. In emphasizing weakness and uncertainty instead of fanatical strength as the driving force behind the Terror, Tackett contributes to an important realignment in the study of French history. -Ruth Scurr, \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e[A] boldly conceived and important book. This is a thought-provoking book that makes a major contribution to our understanding of terror and political intolerance, and also to the history of emotions more generally. It helps expose the complexity of a revolution that cannot be adequately understood in terms of principles alone. -Alan Forrest, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67589176197356,"sku":"9780674979895","price":66.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780674979895-the-coming-of-the-terror-in-the-french-revolution-1.jpg?v=1790551933","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-coming-of-the-terror-in-the-french-revolution-by-timothy-tackett-9780674979895","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}