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Napoleon

the story of the little corporal
2007
Recounts the life and military achievements of French general Napoleon Bonaparte, describing how he overcame impossible odds to rise to success during the French Revolution.

A tale of two cities

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

The Scarlet Pimpernel

2000
An English nobleman plays the fop in order to rescue French royalty from Terrorists during the Revolution.

The golden hour

2006
Thirteen-year-old Rowan and his eleven-year-old sister Nina, still bereft by the death of their mother the year before, experience an unusual adventure through time when they come to stay with their two eccentric great-aunts in a small town on the Maine coast.

The French Revolution and Napoleon

an eyewitness history
1989
Contains contemporary quotations drawn from speeches, letters, diaries, newspaper articles, and memoirs.

Voices of the French Revolution

1988
Recounts the events of the French Revolution through letters, diaries and journals, and chroniclers of the time.

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 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.

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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