The product of a powerful and original mind, this is the history that introduced English-speaking people to the full meaning and tragedy of the French Revolution.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1837 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1837 Edition.
13 As France increasingly realized the necessity of negotiating with other powers , more pragmatic individuals such as Charles - Maurice de Talleyrand - Perigord were appointed to the post of foreign minister .
Ample contemporary illustrations accompany a survey of social, political, and military events surrounding the Revolution.
This edition includes video footage of Peter McPhee's interviews with Professor Ian Germani, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, on the role of military discipline in the French Revolutionary Wars; Dr Marisa Linton, Kingston ...
The French Revolution
The writers concentrates on the people rather than the ideas and on those dramatic upheavals and violent protests, particularly those in Paris, that influenced the Revolution's course. He describes the...
He then presents a vivid narrative of events in France, analyzing the series of revolts--by the aristocracy, the bourgeoisie, the towns, and the peasantry--which set in motion the inexorable course of social, economic, and political ...
The book reminds us that the Revolution was both an inspiration of the finest principles of a new democracy and an awful warning of what can happen when idealism goes wrong.
This unique collection of 13 visual sources and over 90 documents, incorporating perspectives from across class, gender, race and nationality, provides you with insights into the fervent debates, pronouncements and proposals that spawned ...
Examines the causes, events, and aftermath of the French Revolution from the storming of the Bastille in 1789, through the execution of the king in 1793, to the seizure of power by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1799
The Three Estates - the monarchy - Storming of the Bastille - The terror - Revolution - Rise of Napoleon - Battle of Marengo - Napoleon as a reformer - Fall of Napoleon - Invasion of Russia - The Hundred Days.
The captivating photos and images and compelling facts work in conjunction with the supportive text, glossary, and index to provide an engaging and exciting reading experience as children learn about the storming of the Bastille, the ...
Examines the principal causes and events of the Revolution as well as it's impact on France in the years that followed.
This volume of History In An Afternoon examines France from the debt building days of the American War of Independence, through the revolution of 1789 and up to 1804, when Napoleon brought the closest we can find to an 'end.
These volumes also contain a variety of scholarly aids--literary, textual, historical, and photographic--to render The French Revolution more approachable and readable to twenty-first century readers.
Originally published in 1956, this masterly essay weaves together the results of research with an independence of judgement which could only come from a long-established expert in the field of Revolutionary studies.
Enquiring History aims to help readers think and gain independence as learners and have a deeper understanding of periods and the people of the past.
This book is designed to redress the balance, providing a clear, accessible, and thought-provoking guide to the economic background to the French Revolution.