1789-1799, revolution

In 1793, fifteen-year-old Eugenie de la Roque, her family, and other nobles barely escape the French Revolution and arrive in Pennsylvania, where homesick young Hannah Kimbrell, a Shaker, is among those charged with preparing New France for the aristocrats' arrival.

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.

Presents a short history of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1794 and discusses its cause and the effects upon the French people, the fall of the Bastille and execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, and the rise and fall of Maximilien Robespierre.

A 150th anniversary edition of Charles Dickens' classic novel in which a young Englishman gives his life during the French Revolution to save the husband of the woman he loves. Includes an introduction and afterword.

Based upon the true story of Marie Therese, the young princess wonders about her own fate after her father is sent to the guillotine, her mother is taken away, and she is imprisoned in the Tower of the Temple.

The author focuses on the political and social violence of the last days of the French Revolution including the arrest and execution of members of the aristocracy by groups of people whose survival was threatened by famine and war.

Chronicles the life of eighteenth-century French queen Marie Antoinette, examining her reputation as the instigator of the French Revolution and attempting to present the real woman rather than historical stereotypes.

Presents a comparative study of artists Jacques-Louis David and Jean-Louis Prieur, looking at their roles in depicting the French Revolution, and following their disparate fortunes after the fall of Robespierre despite their similar political views.

Explores the daily lives of people of all social classes during the French Revolution, providing information on the economy, clothes and fashions, arts, entertainment, food, education, family life, health, medicine, religion, military, and other related topics.

A history of the French Revolution recounting the events that signaled the birth of modern France.