Historical essays and lectures

by François Guizot

Red cloth binding, [xlv]+441pp. University of Chicago Press, 1972. Hardcover.

441 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1972

About the author

François Pierre Guillaume Guizot was a French historian, orator, and statesman. Guizot was a dominant figure in French politics prior to the Revolution of 1848, a conservative liberal who opposed the attempt by King Charles X to usurp legislative power, and worked to sustain a constitutional monarchy following the July Revolution of 1830.