PublishedJohn Murray, August 2022 |
ISBN9781529392753 |
FormatSoftcover, 512 pages |
Dimensions23.2cm × 15.2cm × 4cm |
In the 1790s an extraordinary group of friends changed the world. Disappointed by the French Revolution's rapid collapse into tyranny, what they wanted was nothing less than a revolution of the mind. The rulers of Europe had ordered their peoples how to think and act for too long. Based in the small German town of Jena, through poetry, drama, philosophy and science, they transformed the way we think about ourselves and the world around us. They were the first Romantics.
