The Perfidy of Albion: French Perceptions of England During the French Revolution

Explains that despite widespread expectations that the Revolution would bring a new era of partnership between France and Britain, it led to an even more bitter estrangement. Traces among the people of both countries old suspicions and new ideological divergences that confirmed the traditional perception of each nation’s own identity, centered on the state in France and on the people in Britain. Also shows how European radicals shifted their source of inspiration from British parliamentary to French republican principles. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.