![]() ![]() In a brilliant series of set-pieces, Clark conjures up both this ferment of new ideas and then the increasingly ruthless and effective series of counter-attacks launched by regimes who still turned out to have many cards to play. The role of women in society, the end of slavery, the right to work, national independence and the final emancipation of the Jews all became live issues. Some rulers gave up at once, others fought bitterly, but everywhere new politicians, beliefs and expectations surged forward. Almost as if by magic, in city after city, from Palermo to Paris to Venice, huge crowds gathered, sometimes peaceful and sometimes violent, and the political order that had held sway since the defeat of Napoleon simply collapsed.Ĭhristopher Clark's spectacular new book recreates with verve, wit and insight this extraordinary period. ![]() There can be few more exciting or frightening moments in European history than the spring of 1848. 'Fascinating, suspenseful, revelatory, alive' The TimesĪn exhilarating reappraisal of one of the most dramatic years in European history, from the acclaimed author of The Sleepwalkers ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |