The Great French Revolution, 1789-1793

Students of French history and lovers of rousing tales alike will find in this hard-to-find work an alternative look at the French Revolution from one of the great anarchist thinkers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Communist advocate PETER ALEXEYEVICH KROPOTKIN (1842-1921) was deemed "perfect" by Oscar Wilde, who described Kropotkin as a man with "a soul of that beautiful white Christ which seems coming out of Russia." Here, he takes the first serious look at the economic side of the popular Gallic uprising, exploring:

the spirit of the revolt
the declaration of the rights of man
the fears of the middle classes
financial difficulties of the Revolution
feudal legislation in 1790
social demands and arbitrary taxation
the problems with paper money
schemes for the socialization of the means of subsistence and exchange
and much more.

Originally published in two small volumes, this replica edition combines the authorized 1927 American publication into one book that may change how modern readers think about the French Revolution.