by A. J. P. Taylor
A new series of six impromptu talks by leading historian A. J. P. TAYLOR on revolutions and revolutionaries, from Paris in 1789 to Petrograd in 1917. 1: The First Revolution, Modern Style
' France launched into the World three themes which have continued to haunt us ever since. I think we can confidently say that democracy, nationalism and socialism, three revolutionary causes, all spring from the Fall of the Bastille on 14 July 1789.'
Producer EDWARD MIRZOEFF