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Old Hatreds & Young Hopes - The French Carbonari Against Bourbon Restoration
Alan B. Spitzer
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 334 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Dimension: 202 x 142. Weight in Grams: 584.
After the defeat and exile of Napoleon and the restoration of the Bourbons, the political climate of France was one of seething unrest, intrigue, and dissent. A clandestine and conspiratorial movement known as the Carbonari, or Charbonnerie, arose in the early 1820's with the aim of overthrowing the monarchy of Louis XVIII. Modeling itself after the Italian Carbonari, this coalition of young French republicans--bonapartists, retired army officers, junior and non-commissioned officers, and leaders of the extreme liberal wing of the Chamber of Deputies--set up cells throughout France, hoping in particular to infiltrate vulnerable army units. Old Hatreds and Young Hopes ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
1971
Language
English
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of Pages
334
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674632202
SKU
V9780674632202
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