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Which French Revolution figures did Thomas Carlyle portray in The French Revolution?
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Thomas Carlyle
Carlyle, detail of an oil painting by G.F. Watts, 1877; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
In his three-volume historical work The French Revolution, Scottish essayist and historian Thomas Carlyle provides numerous character studies and set pieces to illustrate the events of the era. Among the notable figures he portrays in the narrative are:
Carlyle’s work, which covers the period from 1774 to 1795, interprets the French Revolution as a divine judgment against the selfishness of the monarchy and nobility.1