Paris in Peril
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Cambridge Library Collection - European History
ISBN-10
1108035388
ISBN-13
9781108035385
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 24th, 2011
Print length
296 Pages
Weight
386 grams
Dimensions
21.60 x 13.80 x 2.00 cms
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European historyModern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900HistoryEuropean history
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First published in 1882, this is the second of two volumes by Henry Vizetelly on the German siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War. Recalling an important period in French history, he reflects on the continuing bravery of the French in the face of inevitable defeat by the Prussian army.
Henry Vizetelly (1820–94), whose two-volume Glances Back through Seventy Years is also reissued in this collection, was an English journalist based in Paris during the Franco-Prussian War, which concluded with the downfall of Napoleon III and the end of the second French Empire. First published in 1882, this is the second in a two-volume collection of his writings during this turbulent period. Describing the effects of the blockade of Paris on the civilian population as well as the army, he praises the continuing bravery of the French even in the face of inevitable defeat. In an interesting epilogue, he holds the French General Trochu's 'frivolous' approach accountable for the fall of Paris to the much better led Prussian army. Caricatures of the day depicted Trochu as a donkey restraining the lions of the French army - an image which was used again to great effect during the First World War.
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