1789 : the threshold of the modern age / David Andress.

London : Little, Brown, 2008.

vi, 438 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps, ports. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In 1789 the world stood at the threshold of the modern age. From 'mad' King George III to J.J. Rousseau and Thomas Paine, from Pitt the Younger to Robespierre, David Andress illuminates a world on the brink through the men who held its future in their hands.

9780316731973 (pbk)

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