{"product_id":"book-launch-the-french-revolution-by-michael-sonenscher","title":"Book Launch - The French Revolution by Michael Sonenscher","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"StructuredModuleRenderer-module-scss-module__Qv95HW__structuredContent StructuredModuleRenderer-module-scss-module__Qv95HW__text\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eJoin us on Tuesday 20th October at 6:30pm for an evening with King's College fellow and author Michael Sonenscher to celebrate his new book, \u003cem\u003eThe French Revolution.\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"StructuredModuleRenderer-module-scss-module__Qv95HW__structuredContent StructuredModuleRenderer-module-scss-module__Qv95HW__text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree questions have usually been asked about the French Revolution: why did it happen? why was it so violent? and what was its legacy? These questions seem to beg other, more conceptually ambitious queries about causation, violence or legacies. This book aims to answer both sets of questions by bringing together events and ideas. Michael Sonenscher draws on neglected aspects of eighteenth-century intellectual and political life and thought to demonstrate the importance of ideas for making connections between historical explanation and historical narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBrisk, bracing and incisive, Michael Sonenscher’s \u003ci\u003eThe French Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e is a thoroughly original interpretation of the causes, impact and legacy of the French Revolution. It should be essential reading for anyone interested in the Revolution and its legacy in the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eColin Jones, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fall of Robespierre: 24 Hours in Revolutionary Paris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA lucid introduction to the French Revolution, as well as the most ambitious contribution to its historiography in many decades. Michael Sonenscher’s astonishingly original synthesis produces important new insights into all the classic questions raised by the events and ideas of the revolution, together with their complex legacies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIsaac Nakhimovsky, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Holy Alliance: Liberalism and the Politics of Federation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eMichael Sonenscher argues that ideas can be treated as evidence about what happened, and what did not happen, in the French Revolution. Renouncing counter-factual history, he assembles a comprehensive map of the intellectual terrain that made the revolutionary events possible.  This is the most intellectually exciting short book on the French Revolution you will ever read. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eRuth Scurr, author of\u003ci\u003e Napoleon: A Life in Gardens and Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvent Timings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e6:15pm - doors open\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e6:30pm - talk begins\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e7:00pm - Q\u0026amp;A\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e7:20pm - drinks and chat\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccessibility Information\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSeating is available for 40 attendees (maximum) plus standing space. Some views may be partially obstructed by architectural columns, bookshelves, etc. but we aim to minimise this where possible. Space will be made available for wheelchair users. Access is via main entrance from street level and there are not steps or ledges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThere are 2 single-person bathrooms, including one large enough to fit a wheelchair with the door closed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ePlease get in touch to reserve a seat, or if you have particular needs that you would like us to consider in advance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"TIXATOR","offers":[{"title":"20.10.2026 \/ Free entry","offer_id":56902783664514,"sku":"TIXATOR-99-1757-4682-390","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"20.10.2026 \/ Discounted book plus free entry","offer_id":56902783697282,"sku":"TIXATOR-99-1757-4683-390","price":17.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0475\/2031\/7597\/files\/EVENTS_HEADER_GENERIC.jpg?v=1789043253","url":"https:\/\/www.cambridgebookshop.co.uk\/products\/book-launch-the-french-revolution-by-michael-sonenscher","provider":"Cambridge University Press Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}