| Vindicię Gallicę: Defence of the French Revolution: A Critical Edition 2008 Edition Contributor(s): Mackintosh, J. (Author), Garratt, E. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0230525393 ISBN-13: 9780230525399 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2007 Annotation: James Mackintosh's "Vindiciae Gallicae " (1791) was a brilliant reply to Edmund Burke's "Reflections on the Revolution in France" and Charles-Alexandre de Calonne's "De l'e tat de la France," Whig Opposition leader Charles James Fox rated it as the finest defence of the French Revolution. This edition offers an extensive editor's introduction, a fully annotated text of the first edition of "Vindiciae Gallicae " and an appendix that includes the significant substantive revisions that Mackintosh made to "Vindiciae Gallicae " in the late summer of 1791. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Modern - General - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 944.04 |
| Series: Studies in Modern History |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.29" W x 8.47" (0.87 lbs) 183 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This new edition offers an extensive editor's introduction, a fully annotated text of the first edition of Vindici Gallic and an appendix which includes the significant substantive revisions that Mackintosh made to Vindici Gallic in the late summer of 1791. |