In this magnificently researched work, the author describes the many revolutions that eclipsed Europe in 1848. Though they followed one another in different countries, one was not the spark for the next. Rather they were all spawned by a common set of continent-wide social and political conditions. Initially successful, within the year the old order had begun to reassert itself often with great ferocity and many of the newly gained freedoms were, alas, rolled back.
(Jeremy Miller - bwl 109 Summer 2023 ) |
