K. Carpenter – författare

Kirsty Carpenter puts a human face on the victims of revolutionary legislation. London had the largest community of imigris. It had the most evolved social structure and was the most politically-active community. Britain, the only European country to provide financial assistance, was also unique because the British had nothing to gain from offering their support. It was in London that two cultures, two traditionally political enemies, came face-to-face with their prejudices and were forced to confront them.

Underlining the achievements rather than the failures, of the French emigres in Europe from 1789 to 1814, different specialist essays in this work describe their impact from London to Hungary, from Lisbon to Prussia, and confirm their critical importance in the politics, ideology and culture of their time. The French emigres were more than refugees, they were active, and often remarkably successful, agents on the European struggle against the French Revolution.

Kirsty Carpenter puts a human face on the victims of revolutionary legislation. London had the largest community of émigrés. It had the most evolved social structure and was the most politically-active community. It was in London that two cultures came face-to-face with their prejudices and were forced to confront them.

The French Émigrés in Europe and the Struggle against Revolution, 1789-1814 underlines, for the first time, the achievements rather than the failures, of the Émigrés. The French Émigrés were more than refugees, they were active, and often remarkably successful, agents on the European struggle against the French Revolution.