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  • Reflections on the Revolution in Franceby Edmund Burke

    Electric Book Company 1998; US$ 4.95

    Burke supported the American revolution but fought against the French. With his major work Reflections on the Revolution in France, written in 1790, he attacked the revolution and its rationalism and at the same time created a weapon for the counter revolution in England. Burke predicted with uncanny accuracy the Reign of Terror which lay ahead. more...

  • Napoleon III and the Second Empireby Roger D. Price

    Routledge 1997; US$ 25.95

    In Napoleon III , Roger Price considers the mid-century crisis which provided Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte with the opportunity to gain elective office as President, and offers a historio graphical review of the ruler and his regime. more...

  • French Revolutionby Gwynne Lewis

    Routledge 1993; US$ 36.95

    A short introductory history of the French Revolution which covers the social, economic and cultural, as well as the intellectual and political aspects. more...

  • Power and Politics in Old Regime France, 1720-1745by Peter Campbell

    Routledge 1996; US$ 135.00

    This provides a sophisticated interpretation of high politics in the Age Louis XV . It will be stimulating reading for not only historians of ancien regime France, but all students of political life in pre-nineteenth century Europe. more...

  • Mazarinby Geoffrey Treasure

    Routledge 1995; US$ 45.95

    'A superbly written and engrossing study of one of the major political leaders of 17th-century Europe. Treasure gives the reader a vivid picture of the times of Mazarin, as well as an insight into his life.' A. Lloyd Moote, USC more...

  • Massacre at the Champ de Marsby David Andress

    Boydell & Brewer 2000; US$ 45.00

    On 17 July 1791 the revolutionary National Guard of Paris opened fire on a crowd of protesters: citizens believing themselves patriots trying to save France from the reinstatement of a traitor king. To the National Guard and their political superiors the protesters were the dregs of the people, brigands paid by counter-revolutionary aristocrats. Politicians and journalists declared the National Guard the patriots, and their action a heroic defence of the fledgling Constitution. more...

  • Richelieu and Mazarinby Geoffrey Treasure

    Routledge 1998; US$ 24.95

    Richelieu and Mazarin compares these two striking, but very different, statesmen and evaluates their careers and achievements in the light of modern research. more...

  • From Louis XIV to Napoleonby Jeremy Black

    Routledge 1999; US$ 40.95

    This is a scholarly yet accessible account which considers why France was not more successful and throws light on French history, international relations, warfare and the rise and fall of French power. more...

  • Congress of Vienna 1814-1815by Tim Chapman

    Routledge 1998; US$ 37.95

    The Congress of vienna offers a readable introduction to this difficult topic, providing a background to the negotiations summary of the agreements reached and assessment of the longer term consequences. more...

  • Social History of the French Revolutionby Norman Hampson

    Routledge 1963; US$ 39.95

    The Revolution was the product of social tensions that developed throughout France in the second half of the 18th century. Hampson analyzes the nature of these social conflicts within their political framework. more...