1789-1799, revolution

"In 1792, after leaving her violently mad mother behind in revolutionary France, seventeen-year-old Thea Hope travels to England, where she risks losing her own sanity when she creates the legendary Philosopher's Stone"--OCLC.

"Oscar Fran?ois de Jarjeyees, female commander of the royal guard, is at the center of events of Marie Antoinette's involvement in the scandalous Affair of the Diamond Necklace and her passion for Count Fersen of Sweden cause chaos at the court of Versailles"--Back cover.

"Oscar Fran?ois de Jarjeyees is a young noblewoman raised as a son by her father. As commander of Marie Antoinette's palace guard, Oscar is brought face-to-face with the luxury of King Louis XVI's court at Versailles. Joined by her servant Andr?, Oscar is privy to the intrigue and deceit of France's last great royal regime"--Back cover.

It's July 14th and the twins are on vacation at their grandfather's house watching the fireworks from the balcony of a neighbor who tells them the story of the French Revolution--the taking of the Bastille, the Declaration of the Rights of Man, the guillotine, and the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Examines the causes and global effects of the French Revolution, highlighting key people and events. Includes full-color illustrations and sidebars.

Relates the adventures of a young Englishman who gives his life during the French Revolution to save the husband of the woman he loves.

In Paris in the early 1790s, as the revolution gains momentum, young and sheltered Eug?nie de Boncoeur finds it difficult to tell friend from foe as she and the royalist brother she relies on become the focus of "le Fantome," the sinister spymaster with a long-held grudge against their family.

An adaptation of the classic novel about a young Englishman who gives his life during the French Revolution to save the husband of the woman he loves.

When David enlists Joe's aid in babysitting Emily and Tina, Wishbone considers it the "best of times and the worst of times.".

Charles Dickens' 1859 historical novel set in Paris and London during the French Revolution, in which a French nobleman, Charles Darnay, renounces his position and leaves his country, then returns during the Terror to save the life of a servant, putting himself in grave danger.