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About the Author
Pascal Firges is a research fellow at the German Historical Institute in Paris. Having studied History and Philosophy in Heidelberg, Paris, and Cambridge, he holds a PhD in history from Heidelberg University. He is the author of Grossbritannien und das Osmanische Reich Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts (2009) and the co-editor of Well-Connected Domains: Towards an Entangled Ottoman History (2014). His recent areas of research include the French Revolution, the cultural history of diplomacy, entangled histories of early modern Europe and the world around it, cultural and gender history, and the social structures of early modern court societies.
Reviews
Out of several well-trodden subjects-the French Revolution, diplomatic history, and the beginnings of decline in the Ottoman Empire-Pascal Firges has produced something exciting and fresh...French Revolutionaries in the Ottoman Empire offers a valuable contribution to the fields of both Ottoman and French history...More and more excellent studies are demonstrating in myriad ways the many and complex ways European and Ottoman history has always been intertwined. This book contributes admirably to that larger goal. * Julia Landweber, Montclair State University, H-France Review *
Firges's study dispels conspiratorial myths about secret funds and subterfuge on the part of revolutionary diplomats in Istanbul-myths that originated with misleading reports by Prussian and British agents. The book also nuances past accounts of revolutionary foreign policy by offering a case study that emphasizes continuity over rupture with the past. ... the importance of Firges's book reaches beyond the ?eld of diplomatic history. His work will be of interest to historians of France's overseas slave colonies during the revolutionary era. * Miranda Spieler, Journal of Modern History *
Pascal Firges has succeeded in producing a solidly researched, well-written study based on records from Kew, Nantes, Paris, and Vienna. * Malte Fuhrmann, Historische Zeitschrift *
Pascal Firges' French Revolutionaries in the Ottoman Empire is very valuable, because it emphasizes a less studied aspect of the French Revolution, its effect on the Levant. * Huseyin S. Tabakoglu, French History *
this is a fine study with fascinating details . . . * Virginia Aksan, International Journal of Middle East Studies *
Pascal Firges's book is highly recommendable and a fortunate contribution to the renewal of the history of international relations during the Revolution. [Translated from French] * Marc Belissa, Annales historiques de la Revolution francaise *
Book Information
ISBN 9780198759966
Author Pascal Firges
Format Hardback
Page Count 300
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 1g
Dimensions(mm) 240mm * 161mm * 22mm