Barnave : the revolutionary who lost his head for Marie Antoinette / John Hardman.

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2023]

©2023

xv, 394 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm

"Antoine Barnave was one of the most influential statesmen in the early French Revolution. He was a didactic man of austere morals and vaulting ambition who dressed as an English dandy, running up considerable tailor’s bills. Before his execution at age thirty-two, he played a decisive role in revolutionary politics and even governed France in 1791 through a secret correspondence with Marie-Antoinette."--Dust jacket.

English

May 17, 2023

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Yale University Press, publisher.