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The furies

violence and terror in the French and Russian Revolutions
2000
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.

The knight of Maison-Rouge

a novel of Marie Antoinette
2003

A tale of two cities

1988
Dickens' novel of the French Revolution.

The day the Bastille fell

July 14, 1789, the beginning of the end of the French monarchy
1972
Traces the events leading to the storming of the Bastille and analyzes the significance of its fall.

The Scarlet Pimpernel

1992
Sir Percy Blakeney defies the French revolutionaries in order to save innocent men and women from being put to death in the guillotine.

A tale of two cities

2008
Charles Dickens's classic tale written in graphic novel format about a young Englishman who gives his life during the French Revolution to save the husband of the women he loves.

The king's trial

the French Revolution vs. Louis XVI
2004

City of darkness, city of light

a novel
1997
Tells the story of three fictional women, actress Claire Lacombe, political wife Manon Philipon, and chocolate shop owner Pauline Leon, who join with other historical figures to play their parts in the French Revolution.

The hidden diary of Marie Antoinette

2005
The author presents a historical fiction on the life and death of Marie Antoinette through a diary she leaves behind in her prison cell.

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