1789-1799, revolution

A narrative history of the French Revolution from the meeting of the Estates General at Versailles in 1789 to Napoleon's entry into Paris.

An interpretation of the French Revolution examining the stresses in the social and political order, the ideas of the wealthy that were circulated at that time, and the living conditions of the French peasantry.

Discusses the importance, historical context, and critical reception of Dickens's A tale of two cities.

A biography of the controversial leader of the French Revolution who, in the name of democracy, supported the Reign of Terror which sent thousands of people to the guillotine.

Told in separate voices, teenaged Eliza Monroe, the daughter of a future United States President, Hortense de Beauharnais and Caroline Bonaparte, relatives of Napoleon I, and Madeleine, daughter of an actress, come together at L'Acad?mie Nationale ? St. Germain in the turmoil of 1799 France.

Presents forty documents on human rights and citizenship written before and during the French Revolution.

Eighteenth-century author and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft challenges Edmund Burke's argument published in his "Reflections on the Revolution in France" where he supported hereditary succession, the alliance of church and state in order to maintain social order, and the notion that only men of property be in ultimate authority.

An account of the exploits of Etienne Gerard, officer of one of France's crack cavalry regiments during the time of the Napoleonic Wars.

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

As the Revolution descends into the ferocious Reign of Terror, Yann, now an extraordinary practioner of magic, uses his skills to confound his enemies and help spirit refugees out of France, but the question of his true identity and the kidnapping of his true love, Sido, expose him to dangers that threaten to destroy him.