Reflections on the Revolution in France
by Edmund Burke
Taste attributes: documentarypoliticalhistoricalslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelinearemotive & stirringsocial commentaryinjustice/tragedy/vengeance
Boxlist takeRealistic and weighty: a fresh non-fiction book, slow-burning rather than fast. Best if you like depth over escapism.
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Pace: slow · Originality: very fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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About This Book
Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France, written and published during 1789-90, has become a classic of English conservatism, and that is the reason it is still being read nearly two hundred years later. John Pocock's edition of Burke's Reflections is two classics in one: Burke's Reflections and Pocock's reflections on Burke and the eighteenth century. - Publisher.
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- Edmund Burke
- Published
- 1790
- Pages
- 338
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