Revolutions | A New History | Donald Sassoon

Historian Donald Sassoon takes the long view of some of the most famous upheavals: the English Civil War, the American War of Independence, the national uprisings that unified Italy and Germany, and the French, Russian and Chinese revolutions. This is a history rich in irony and surprises. As Sassoon shows in this tour de force account, revolutions usually catch revolutionaries themselves by surprise, and the consequences are difficult to fathom at any remove. Revolutions will change how you think about the transformative moments in history, both big and small.

Donald Sassoon was born in Cairo in 1946. He taught comparative European history at Queen Mary University of London for many years. His books include <i>Morbid Symptoms, The Anxious Triumph, The Culture of the Europeans, One Hundred Years of Socialism</i> and <i>Mona Lisa</i>, all widely translated. He lives in London.