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it captures the dizzying social changes that swept up and transformed the lives of millions of people

and Marxist thought

Churchill and the Great Man theory of history

From the first meeting between Benjamin and Brecht to their experiences in exile

A People's History of the French Revolution keyword-histories-of-sexuality ‘This is Bento’sThe assault on the Bastille, the Reign of Terror, Danton mocking his executioner, Robespierre dispensing a fearful justice, and the archetypal gadfly Marat the events and figures of the French Revolution have exercised a hold on the historical imagination for more than 200 years. It has been a template for heroic insurrection and, to more conservative minds, a cautionary tale. Looking at history from the bottom up, Hazan presents the revolution as a