Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Romances of the French Revolution, Vol. 1
Piw readers of French historical works will have failed to Observe the marked change which has taken place during the last half-century in the outlook and methods of French historians. History has come under the in?uences which have dethroned romanticism from every branch. Of French literature, and has become objective, that is to say, im personal and scientific. The re'k of the modern writer of history is less ambitious than was that Of an historian Of the old school. He sets out with none of those preconceived ideas - ethnological, philosophical, or political - which have so o?cn detracted from the value of historical works, but is content to record facts with scrupulous accuracy and to explain their significance with the utmost impartiality. Lean'ng nothing to the imagination, he builds on a solid foundation of indisputable documentary evidence, every particle Of which he has subjected to the most exacting criticism; and he conducts his researches with a thorough ness, with a concern for realistic detail hitherto unknown. Certain words of Stendhal admirably sum up the spirit in which the modern historian searches after historical truth at on vent savoir l'histoire, il faut avoir Ie courage de la regarder on face.
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