The Evils of Revolution

Oct 19, 2024 3:13 PM

Author:Edmund Burke

Written at a time when most of Europe supported the French Revolution, Edmund Burke’s prescient and, at the time, controversial denunciation of its mob rule predicted the Terror, began the modern conservative tradition and still serves as a warning to those who seek to reshape societies through violence.

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves – and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives – and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.

Reviews

Paul Strathern's enthralling description of this bizarre imperial adventure reads like Conrad's Heart of Darkness...as a piece of storytelling, it is a masterpiece

—— Daily Telegraph

To begin with, the book leaps off the shelf-display into the hands: the dustjacket is a remarkably fine reproduction of a painting of Napoleon...This is an illuminating and most engaging book

—— Spectator

Superb... Strathern tells the appalling tale of the forced marches across endless deserts...with commendable gusto

—— Andrew Roberts , Sunday Telegraph

An ambitious and wonderfully detailed saga

—— Financial Times

This is popular narrative history at its best

—— Independent on Sunday

A comprehensive and gripping read, as great an overview of war and hubris as can be managed in 400 pages

—— Scotland on Sunday

A well-written, fast-paced narrative... This book is a welcome and readable addition to the ever-growing library of books about this French colossus

—— BBC History Magazine

As a stirring narrative of doomed military endeavour, his book could hardly be bettered

—— Sunday Times

His account of the 6 week odyssey to Alexandria provides an intimate portrait of the squalid, fetid life on board eighteenth century ships, and his description of the successive stages of the expedition are well-judged. He also captures the tensions of the occupation with skill

—— Herald

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