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Albert Sorel (1842–1906)

Autor(a) de Europe Under the Old Regime

24 Works 88 Membros 1 Review

About the Author

Includes the name: Sorel Albert

Obras por Albert Sorel

Europe Under the Old Regime (1947) 30 exemplares
Montesquieu (1888) 8 exemplares
Madame de Staël (2009) 2 exemplares

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome canónico
Sorel, Albert
Nome legal
Sorel, Albert
Data de nascimento
1842-08-13
Data de falecimento
1906-06-29
Nacionalidade
France
País (no mapa)
France

Membros

Críticas

I indeed was shocked, shocked to learn that people going to fancy balls in European capitals were backed by war, famine, pestilence, misery and horror. The officers of each side knew each other and would change sides from one war to the next.

If a town resisted an army there could be trouble. One gruesome incident was when they made you cut off your own nose before the guy was hung.

The author is known for his accuracy, according to Wikipedia.

I recommend this short book to help get the idea of what is really like. In my view it is a sort of duty for every citizen to know this.… (mais)
 
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Benedict8 | Jul 16, 2014 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
24
Membros
88
Popularidade
#209,356
Avaliação
½ 3.7
Críticas
1
ISBN
17
Línguas
2

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