In the late eighteenth-century, Sido, the twelve-year-old daughter of a self-indulgent marquis, and Yann, a fourteen-year-old Gypsy orphan raised to perform in a magic show, face a common enemy at the start of the French Revolution.
Eleven-year-old Isabelle, living with her lacemaker grandmother and mother near the palace of Versailles in 1788, becomes close friends with Marie Antoinette's daughter, Princess Therese, and finds their relationship complicated not only by their different social class but by the growing political unrest and resentment of the French people.
In the late eighteenth-century, Sido, the twelve-year-old daughter of a self-indulgent marquis, and Yann, a fourteen-year-old Gypsy orphan raised to perform in a magic show, face a common enemy at the start of the French Revolution.
Retells in simple vocabulary the classic tale of the young Englishman who gives up his life during the French Revolution to save the husband of the woman he loves.
Presents Paine's classic argument, originally published in Britain in 1791, in which he defends the rights of individuals to assert their freedom in the face of tyranny.
A comprehensive history of the French Revolution that provides chronicles the events surrounding the Revolution, analyzes the impact it had on France and the rest of Europe, and profiles key figures.
Presents brief biographical sketches on a collection of key individuals of the French Revolution, in simple text with illustrations, including Napolean Bonaparte, Marie Antoinette, Thomas Paine, and more.
