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Francophilia in English Society, 1748-1815
Francophilia in English Society 17481815 Author:Robin Eagles The impact of French society on English culture in the second half of the 18th century is examined. In an age when the rise of the middle classes was being driven forward by industrialization, the English aristocracy stood apart from the trend towards commercial respectability, and revelled in all that was best in cosmopolitan fashion and ideas.... more » Welcoming the French Revolution as a re-enactment of 1688, they watched aghast as their world descended into the Terror, and the onslaught of Bonaparte.« less