The End of the Old Regime in Europe, 1776-1789, Part II: Republican Patriotism and the Empires of the East

Franco Venturi, premier European interpreter of the Enlightenment, is still completing his acclaimed multi-volume work, a grand synthesis of Western history before the French Revolution as seen through the perceptive eyes of Italian observers.

Originally published in 1991.

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