revolution, 1789-1799

Contains contemporary quotations drawn from speeches, letters, diaries, newspaper articles, and memoirs.

Recounts the events of the French Revolution through letters, diaries and journals, and chroniclers of the time.

A comparatiave study of violence and terror in the French and Russian revolutions, looking at the similarities between the 1789 and 1917 uprisings, and considering the role of vengeance, resistance, and religion in fueling the conflicts.

Dickens' novel of the French Revolution.

Traces the events leading to the storming of the Bastille and analyzes the significance of its fall.

Sir Percy Blakeney defies the French revolutionaries in order to save innocent men and women from being put to death in the guillotine.