Lectures on the French Revolution

This collection of the lectures of Lord Acton on the French Revolution comprises a disciplined, thorough, and elegant history of the actual events of the bloody episode. It is as thorough a record as could be constructed in Acton’s time of the actions of the government of France during the Revolution.

Delivered at CambriEAe University between 1895 and 1899, Lectures on the French Revolution is a di...