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Massacre at the Champ de Marsby David Andress
Boydell & Brewer 2000; US$ 45.00On 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...
French Revolution and Napoleonby Philip Dwyer; Peter McPhee
Routledge 2002; US$ 35.95The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic period was the defining moment for modern European history. Using primary texts, this volume explains the upheavals, terror, and drama that restructured politics and society on such a large scale. more...
Social History of the French Revolutionby Norman Hampson
Routledge 1963; US$ 39.95The 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...
French Revolutionby Gary Kates
Routledge 1997; US$ 125.00The French Revolution is a collection of key texts at the forefront of current research and interpretation, challenging orthodox assumptions concerning the origins, development and long-term historical consequences of the Revolution. more...
The Age of Napoleonby Alistair Horne
Random House Publishing Group 2004; US$ 11.99The age of Napoleon transformed Europe, laying the foundations for the modern world. Now Alistair Horne, one of the great chroniclers of French history gives us a fresh account of that remarkable time. Born into poverty on the remote island of Corsica, he rose to prominence in the turbulent years following the French Revolution, when most of Europe was arrayed against France. Through a string of brilliant and improbable victories (gained as much through his remarkable ability to inspire his troops as through his military genius), Napoleon brought about a triumphant peace that made him the idol of France and, later, its absolute ruler. Heir to the Revolution, Napoleon himself was not a revolutionary; rather he was a reformer and a modernizer,... more...
British Periodical Press and the French Revolution 1789-99by Mr Stuart Andrews
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2000; US$ 140.00This study challenges the conventional polarities used to describe British politics of the 1790s; Pitt versus Fox, Burke versus Paine, Church versus Dissent, ruling class versus working class, Jacobin versus anti-Jacobin. Such polarities were sedulously promoted by Pitt's wartime government, which applied 'Jacobin' shamelessly to all its critics and opponents, and thus foreshadowed the McCarthyite tactic of guilt by association. The author seeks to make the less strident but more persuasive contemporary voices again audible. He takes seriously those who questioned the necessity for Burke's crusade to destroy the French republic, and who deplored Britain's alliance with the partitioners of Poland. more...
Liberty and Locality in Revolutionary Franceby Peter Jones; Peter Baldwin; Christopher Clark; James B. Collins; Lyndal Roper; Mia RodrĄguez-Salgado
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 50.00This is the first 'comparative micro-historical' study to have been attempted for the period between the old and the new France, 1760-1820, which offers a strikingly new perspective on the rural history of France during an epoch of momentous change. more...
The French Revolutionby William Doyle
Oxford University Press 2001; US$ 12.99The author elucidates on why the revolution occured and explores the legacy of the revolution in the form of rationality in public affairs and responsible government, and finishes his examination of the revolution with a discussion as to why it has been so controversial. more...
The French Revolutionby Georges Lefebvre
Taylor & Francis 2001; US$ 17.95Written by the greatest authority on the French Revolution, this masterly overview has taken its place as the definitive account. more...
The French Revolutionby Jocelyn Hunt
Routledge 1998; US$ 22.95Hunt examines the major themes of the period, including the pre-revolution economic and political situation in France. Combining narrative and interpretation, this book provides a concise introduction and study aid for students. more...