His most famous work is his “Reflections on the Revolution in France,” which he published in 1790 to prophetically explain why the French Revolution was headed for disaster. In it he wrote about the harmless and lovely Marie Antoinette, who became Queen of France at age 19 but was ultimately executed by guillotine:
{{cquote|Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men. ... I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of [[chivalry]] is gone. That of sophisters, oeconomists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/07/29/the-right-man</ref>}}
Burke is also credited with coining the term "deliberative assembly" to describe a proper parliamentary gathering, in a speech to the electorate at Bristol in 1774; this concept became the basis for [[Robert's Rules of Order]].
==Life==
[[File:Edmund Burke Irish Identities.jpg|thumb|Burke's Irish Identities, cover.]]