“Asked what he thought was the significance of the French Revolution, the Chinese Premier Zhou En-lai is reported to have answered, 'It’s too soon to tell.'”
--from CITIZENS: A Chronicle of the French Revolution by Simon Schama
--from CITIZENS: A Chronicle of the French Revolution by Simon Schama
Instead of the dying Old Regime, Schama presents an ebullient country, vital and inventive, infatuated with novelty and technology--a strikingly fresh view of Louis XVI's France.
