Burke, Select Works - Softcover

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 1023955652 ISBN 13: 9781023955652

Publisher: Hutson Street Press, 2025

Synopsis

This volume contains Edmund Burke's influential "Four Letters On the Proposals for Peace With the Regicide Directory of France." Written in 1796-97, these letters offer a powerful critique of the British government's attempts to negotiate peace with the revolutionary French Directory following the French Revolution. Burke argues vehemently against such negotiations, viewing the Directory as an illegitimate and dangerous regime fundamentally opposed to the principles of traditional European order. His letters articulate a sophisticated conservative worldview, emphasizing the importance of prudence, tradition, and moral principle in political life.

Burke's eloquent prose and penetrating insights make these letters essential reading for anyone interested in the history of political thought, the French Revolution, or the foundations of conservative ideology. This 1878 edition makes Burke's vital work accessible to a modern audience.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Hutson Street Press
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1023955652
• ISBN 13: 9781023955652
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 436