{"title":"All Guides","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"far-from-the-madding-crowd","title":"Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd Study Guide","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/4689\/files\/Far_From_the_Madding_Crowd_SAMPLE.pdf?3118187451289558434\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"A Connell Guide to Far From the Madding Crowd Sample \"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/4689\/files\/CLICK_HERE_FOR_FREE_SMPLE_medium.jpg?v=1491991023\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAll you need to know about Thomas Hardy's \u003cem\u003eFar from the Madding Crowd\u003c\/em\u003e is in this advanced guide to the text. Connell Guides are advanced guide books that offer sophisticated analysis and broad critical perspectives for higher-level GCSE and A Level English Literature students. Written by leading academics, Connell Guides are clear, concise and beautifully designed to help students understand, and enjoy, great works of literature. They are perfect for coursework, revision and exam preparation. Connell Guides are also great reads themselves scholarly, yet approachable and entertaining.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFar from the Madding Crowd \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas the novel Victorian readers wanted Thomas Hardy to write over and over again. It is also a story marked by what one Victorian critic called “violent sensationalism” – marital desertion, illegitimacy, death in childbirth, murder, attempted suicide and insanity. Hardy could never wholly ignore the darker aspects of rural life. 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Connell Guides are advanced guide books that offer sophisticated analysis and broad critical perspectives for higher-level GCSE and A Level English Literature students. Written by leading academics, Connell Guides are clear, concise and beautifully designed to help students understand, and enjoy, great works of literature. They are perfect for coursework, revision and exam preparation. Connell Guides are also great reads themselves scholarly, yet approachable and entertaining.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAdrian Poole is Professor of English Literature and a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. He has written extensively on Shakespeare and tragedy, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eShakespeare and the Victorians\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Arden, 2003) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTragedy: a Very Short Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Oxford University Press, 2005). 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This concise, easy-to-read guide will show that - though very much a product of its time - Fitzgerald's haunting tale of lost love and deferred dreams is a timeless moral fable, and one which taps deeply into the American psyche.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Connell Guides","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":1171161524,"sku":"","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":6268174980,"sku":"","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/4689\/products\/The_Great_Gatsby.jpg?v=1444599251"},{"product_id":"the-connell-guide-to-geoffrey-chaucers-the-canterbury-tales","title":"Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales Study Guide","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/4689\/files\/The_Canterbury_Tales_SAMPLE.pdf?14881509469330323919\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"A Connell Guide to The Canterbury Tales Sample\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/4689\/files\/CLICK_HERE_FOR_FREE_SMPLE_medium.jpg?v=1491991023\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Tales covered by this guide include: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Knight's Tale\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Miller's Tale \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Reeve's Tale\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Wife of Bath \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Franklin's Tale \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Pardoner's Tale \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur next edition, published September 2016, will also include The Merchant's Tale. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eAll you need to know about Geoffrey Chaucer's \u003cem\u003eThe Canterbury Tales\u003c\/em\u003e is in this advanced guide to the text. Connell Guides are advanced guide books that offer sophisticated analysis and broad critical perspectives for higher-level GCSE and A Level English Literature students. Written by leading academics, Connell Guides are clear, concise and beautifully designed to help students understand, and enjoy, great works of literature. They are perfect for coursework, revision and exam preparation. Connell Guides are also great reads themselves scholarly, yet approachable and entertaining.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eStephen Fender holds degrees from Stanford, Wales and the University of Manchester. He has taught at the University of Santa Clara, Williams and Dartmouth Colleges, the University of Edinburgh, University College London and the University of Sussex, where he was Professor and Chair of American Studies from 1985 – 2001. 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Connell Guides are advanced guide books that offer sophisticated analysis and broad critical perspectives for higher-level GCSE and A Level English Literature students. Written by leading academics, Connell Guides are clear, concise and beautifully designed to help students understand, and enjoy, great works of literature. They are perfect for coursework, revision and exam preparation. Connell Guides are also great reads themselves scholarly, yet approachable and entertaining.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Midsummer Night's Dream is a glittering masterpiece which was revolutionary in its time, argues Tom Bishop; the most complicated piece of plotting in any English play. Held together by a lyrical energy at once enthralling and playful, it is about love and the role of the imagination in love, and its view of us mortals is roughly Puck's: 'Lord, what fools these mortals be!' 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Connell Guides are advanced guide books that offer sophisticated analysis and broad critical perspectives for higher-level GCSE and A Level English Literature students. Written by leading academics, Connell Guides are clear, concise and beautifully designed to help students understand, and enjoy, great works of literature. They are perfect for coursework, revision and exam preparation. Connell Guides are also great reads themselves scholarly, yet approachable and entertaining.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis guide covers topics such as:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat is the play really about? Is Macbeth the plaything of a \"giant malevolence\"? In what sense is Macbeth a Christian play? What happens to the Macbeths' marriage? Is life \"a tale told by an idiot\/Signifying nothing\"? How does Shakespeare create an atmosphere of evil? How sympathetic do we feel to Macbeth? 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One of the most romantic of stories, it also challenges at every turn the stereotypes on which it rests, not simply in having a plain, rebellious heroine and a hero who is neither young nor handsome nor chivalrous, but in the way it suggests sensual love can be a force for good and in its passionate commitment to depicting the struggle of an individual towards fulfilment.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/4689\/files\/Jane_Eyre_SAMPLE.pdf?11650703554223488738\" title=\"A Connell Guide to Jane Eyre Sample\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eDiscover all you need to know about Charlotte \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eBrontë\u003c\/span\u003e's \u003cem\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/em\u003e is in this advanced guide to the text. 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In this incisive guide, Anna Neima looks at the successes and failures of her short reign, taking in the conflicting views of historians along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eISBN- paperback: 978-1-911187-28-8\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 2\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContents \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003eThe turbulent early years \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow did Catholic Mary fare under Protestant Edward VI?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eMary’s rise to power \u003cbr\u003eWas Mary a pioneer of female rule? \u003cbr\u003eThe failed Spanish marriage \u003cbr\u003eThe loss of Calais \u003cbr\u003eThe day-to-day of Mary’s reign \u003cbr\u003eThe restoration of Catholicism: success or failure? \u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNOTES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 2\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMary in person \u003cbr\u003eThe terms of the act for the marriage of Queen Mary \u003cbr\u003eFive facts about Queen Mary I \u003cbr\u003eWho was Reginald Pole?  \u003cbr\u003eA short chronology \u003cbr\u003eEndnotes \u003cbr\u003eFurther Reading\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Connell Guides","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":14989921284,"sku":"","price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":40327879048,"sku":"","price":4.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/4689\/products\/Mary_I.png?v=1456166262"},{"product_id":"the-connell-short-guide-to-edward-vi","title":"The Connell Short Guide to Edward VI","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"The Connell Guide to Edward VI Sample\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/4689\/files\/Edward_VI_SAMPLE.pdf?5096738064026850976\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/4689\/files\/CLICK_HERE_FOR_FREE_SMPLE_medium.jpg?v=1491991023\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe reign of Edward VI, England’s boy-king, has alternatively been characterised as catastrophic or boring. But should it really be bundled up with his sister Mary’s as a “mid-Tudor crisis”? Was he a pawn in the hands of his advisors, or did he actually wield some power? Did “good duke” Somerset truly champion social justice while “bad duke” Northumberland’s power-hungry plotting brought the country to its knees? And who was responsible for the dramatic changes of the Edwardian religious reformation? In this concise guide, Anna Neima explores both Edward VI’s life and the debates thrown up by his brief but crucial years in power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eISBN- paperback: 978-1-911187-29-5\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"p1\"\u003eContents \u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 2\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe education of the boy-king \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow much power did Edward wield? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDoes Somerset deserve his reputation as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe “good duke”? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 1549 rebellions and Somerset’s fall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIs it fair to call Northumberland the “bad duke”? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWho designed the “Devise for the Succession”? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWho was responsible for the Edwardian reformation? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConclusion \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNOTES\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 2\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFive facts about Edward VI \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe impact of religious reforms \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Short Chronology \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFurther Reading\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Connell Guides","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":15097435268,"sku":"","price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":40328945800,"sku":"","price":4.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/4689\/products\/Edward.jpg?v=1456166278"},{"product_id":"the-connell-guide-to-churchill","title":"The Connell Guide to Winston Churchill","description":"\u003cdiv title=\"Page 1\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"The Connell Guide to Winston Churchill Sample\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/4689\/files\/The_Connell_eGuide_to_Winston_Churchill_SAMPLE.pdf?4426972821679795410\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/4689\/files\/CLICK_HERE_FOR_FREE_SMPLE_medium.jpg?v=1491991023\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 1\" class=\"page\"\u003eWinston Churchill was the greatest wartime prime minister in Britain’s history. To his defenders he was not only the man who saved the West from the tyranny of Nazi Germany, but an exceptional human being, abounding in physical and moral courage, a genius who stood head and shoulders above his rivals. To his detractors, he was more of a liability than an asset in World War Two, sacrificing the interests of Britain to those of the Soviet Union and the United States. In this short, incisive guide, Paul Addison, the author of the Dictionary of National Biography entry on Churchill, analyses his extraordinary career and looks at the radically different ways in which historians have seen him.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 1\" class=\"page\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 1\" class=\"page\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 1\" class=\"page\"\u003ePaperback ISBN: 978-1-907776-84-7\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 1\" class=\"page\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch5 title=\"Page 1\" class=\"page\"\u003eContents\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 1\" class=\"page\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 1\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 2\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe early years \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow did the young Churchill achieve so much so quickly? \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom MP to Cabinet minister \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDid Churchill have a political ideology? \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy did he abandon the Tory party?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat did he achieve as a social reformer? \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy did Churchill move back to the right? \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat did Churchill think about votes for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewomen? \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe First World War \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWas Churchill to blame for Gallipoli? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe interwar years \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow did Churchill’s world-view change after World War One? \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow much of a blunder was the return to the gold standard? \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe rise of Hitler and World War Two \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow credible was Churchill as the “Prophet in the Wilderness” of the 1930s? \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow did Churchill become prime minister?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow did he establish himself in power? \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eHow good a military strategist was he? \u003cbr\u003eDid Churchill pay too high a price for Britain’s alliance with the US? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDid Churchill make too many \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003econcessions to Stalin? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 3\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePost-war \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy did Churchill lose the general election of 1945? \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat was Churchill’s post-war vision? \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWas Churchill a warmonger? \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat did his final government achieve?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion: The Churchill myth\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 1\" class=\"page\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Connell Guides","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":15097781572,"sku":"","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":38480822280,"sku":"","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/4689\/products\/Churchill.jpg?v=1456166209"},{"product_id":"copy-of-the-connell-guide-to-the-french-revolution","title":"The Connell Guide to The French Revolution","description":"\u003cdiv title=\"Page 1\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003ca rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"A Connell Guide to The French Revolution Sample\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/4689\/files\/The_French_Revolution_SAMPLE.pdf?6537173589049871689\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/4689\/files\/CLICK_HERE_FOR_FREE_SMPLE_medium.jpg?v=1491991023\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 1\" class=\"page\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 1\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 1\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThere has never been agreement on how to understand the French Revolution, and probably never will be. It divided not only France, but all Europe, as soon as it began. The philosopher and statesman Edmund Burke, who had supported American independence, condemned it as something infinitely more dangerous, while his former friend, Thomas Paine, called for Britons to join the Franco-American tide of change. In this short guide, David Andress, drawing on the views of other leading historians, offers an erudite and succinct analysis of the causes, progress and legacy of\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eone of the defining events of modern Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePaperback ISBN: 978-1-907776-82-3\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"p1\"\u003eContents\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 2\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA rough outline\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy has the French Revolution caused so much argument? \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePre-revolution \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat caused the French Revolution? 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