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Albert Sorel (1842–1906)

Autore di Europe Under the Old Regime

24 opere 88 membri 1 recensione

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Comprende il nome: Sorel Albert

Opere di Albert Sorel

Montesquieu (1888) 8 copie
Madame de Staël (2009) 2 copie

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Informazioni generali

Nome canonico
Sorel, Albert
Nome legale
Sorel, Albert
Data di nascita
1842-08-13
Data di morte
1906-06-29
Nazionalità
France
Nazione (per mappa)
France

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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.… (altro)
 
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Benedict8 | Jul 16, 2014 |

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Statistiche

Opere
24
Utenti
88
Popolarità
#209,356
Voto
½ 3.7
Recensioni
1
ISBN
17
Lingue
2

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