A Socialist History of the French Revolution. Abridged Edition

Jean Jaures (1859-1914) was the leader of the French Socialist Party, which opposed Jules Guesde's revolutionary Socialist Party of France. An antimilitarist, Jaures was assassinated at the outbreak of World War I, and remains one of the main inspirations to the French left. His defining work was A Socialist History of the French Revolution.

Jean Jaurès was the celebrated French Socialist Party leader, assassinated in 1914 for trying to use diplomacy and industrial action to prevent the outbreak of war. Published just a few years before his death, his magisterial A Socialist History of the French Revolution has endured for over a century as one of the most influential accounts of the French Revolution ever to be published.Written in the midst of his activities as leader of the Socialist Party and editor of its newspaper, L'Humanite, Jaurès intended the book to serve as both a guide and an inspiration to political activity; even now it can serve to do just that.Jaurès's verve, originality and willingness to criticise all players in this epic drama make this a truly moving addition to the shelf of great books on the French Revolution. Now available for the first time in paperback, Mitchell Abidors abridged translation of Jaurès's original six volumes makes this exceptional work truly accessible to an Anglophone audience.

The classic history of the French Revolution by the assassinated socialist leader, Jean Jaurès

Introduction by Henry HellerTranslator¿s Note1. Introduction2. The Causes of the Revolution3. July 14, 17894. National Lands5. The Revolutionary 'Journées'6. The Flight to Varennes7. The Insurrection of August 10, 17928. The September Massacres9. The Battle of Valmy10. The Trial of the King11. The Enragés against the High Cost of Living12. The Revolution of May 31 and June 2, 179313. Marat¿s Assassination14. Dechristianization15. The Dictatorship of Public Safety and the Fight against the Factions16. The Terror and Fall of Robespierre17. How Should We Judge the Revolutionaries?Index