SA
began a lifelong intimate friendship with François Guizot
, statesman and academic, who was then one of the most powerful men in France.
Hamburger, Lotte, and Joseph Hamburger. Troubled Lives: John and Sarah Austin. University of Toronto Press, 1985.
135-7
Reception
Harriet Martineau
Guizot
, the French Minister of Public Instruction, was ordered by Louis Philippe
to translate the Illustrations for the French national schools. He considered HM
to be the only woman ever to have affected legislation...
Textual Production
Sarah Austin
Other French translations include On the Causes of the Success of the English Revolution of 1640-1688 published by SA
's good friend François Guizot
before 2 February 1850, and Victor Cousin
's and Friedrich Wilhelm Carove
Timeline
October 1846: Queen Isabella of Spain married her cousin,...
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October 1846
Queen Isabella
of Spain married her cousin, despite machinations by British and French diplomats to arrange a marriage that would be politically opportune for them.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
78-79
22-24 February 1848: An insurrection occurred in Paris, which...
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22-24 February 1848
An insurrection occurred in Paris, which became known as the February Revolution.
Hobsbawm, Eric John. The Age of Revolution 1789-1848. Vintage, 1996.
213
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
87
Gildea, Robert. Barricades and Borders: Europe 1800-1914. Oxford University Press, 1987.