4 October 2019

Albert Sorel in Honfleur, Calvados (14)

Albert Sorel (1842-1906) was a French historian born in Honfleur and the cousin of the philosopher and sociologist George Sorel. He was a member of the Académie française and the founder of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques. He worked for thirty years on his greatest publication, which was in eight volumes: L’Europe et la Révolution française (1885-1940).

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