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Frederick Brown

Biography

Frederick Brown

Frederick Brown is the author of several award-winning books, including FOR THE SOUL OF FRANCE; FLAUBERT, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist; and ZOLA, one of The New York Times best books of the year. Brown has twice been the recipient of both Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships. He lives in New York City.

Frederick Brown

Books by Frederick Brown

The Embrace of Unreason: France, 1914-1940
by Frederick Brown - History, Nonfiction

Frederick Brown explores the tumultuous forces unleashed in France by the Dreyfus Affair and its aftermath, and examines how the clashing ideologies --- the swarm of ’isms --- and their blood-soaked political scandals and artistic movements following the horrors of World War I resulted in the country’s era of militant authoritarianism, rioting, violent racism and nationalistic fervor. We see how these forces overtook the country’s sense of reason, sealing the fate of an entire nation, and led to the fall of France and the rise of the Vichy government.