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Holy Madness

Adam Zamoyski

1999498 pagesabout 8–11 hours
1999
first published
  • 1999Weidenfeld & Nicolson · 498 pages · ENGISBN 9780297815716
  • 2000Viking · 498 pages · ENGISBN 9780670892716
  • 2001Orion Publishing Co · 512 pagesISBN 9781842121450
  • 2020Orion Publishing Group, Limited · 544 pages · ENGISBN 9781474615211
  • 2001Penguin (Non-Classics) · 520 pages · ENGISBN 9780141002231

"Holy Madness provides not only a fluid history of the tumultuous years that embraced the American and French revolutions, the Irish Rebellion, the Polish uprisings, the liberation of South America, and the Italian Risorgimento, it also probes the spiritual and emotional forces responsible for the founding events of the modern world. Zamoyski also captures the passionate revolutionary figures Lafayette, Napoleon, Benjamin franklin, Bolivar, Rousseau, and countless others who were caught up in the fervor of the nationalist crusade. As the cult of the nation rises again around the world, Holy Madness is a history that takes on chilling relevance in today's society."--BOOK JACKET.

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