French Revolution books

This handsomely illustrated picture book provides a remarkable glimpse of the Paris Jefferson knew--Paris on the...  Read More >>

Gary Kates reconstructs the history of the Cercle Social, a group of writers and politicians who wielded considerable...  Read More >>

Focusing on the social, economic, and political developments in one neighborhood, and particularly on the origin,...  Read More >>

"A study of the Calvinist minority in France, from the time of Louis XIV to the Napoleonic era, with the main emphasis...  Read More >>

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Hunt examines the major themes of the period, including the pre-revolution economic and political situation in France....  Read More >>

Guide books for A Level History students as well as readers in general  Read More >>

The French Revolution was the scene of much intellectual and social upheaval. Its impact touched a wide range of...  Read More >>

One of the greatest historians of French history reflects on the ways that the French Revolution continues to resonate...  Read More >>

Explores the place of friendship in helping French society and the political system recover from the upheaval of...  Read More >>

A study in social democratic political theory that examines the writings of Jean Jaures (1859-1914), the parliamentary...  Read More >>

Explores how priests and bishops who embraced the French Revolution creatively followed or destructively rejected...  Read More >>

The Monk (1796) is a masterpiece of Gothic fiction and the first horror novel in English literature. It tells of...  Read More >>

Provocative reassessment of the Great Terror as a price worth paying  Read More >>

Investigates the scandalous 1731 trial in which a young woman in the south of France accused her Jesuit confessor...  Read More >>

"A study of the Calvinist minority in France, from the time of Louis XIV to the Napoleonic era, with the main emphasis...  Read More >>

Queen Marie Antoinette, wife of King Louis XVI of France and Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of King Charles I of England...  Read More >>

"""First published in French, under the title 'Quatre-vingt-neuf, ' in 1939 under the auspices of the Institute...  Read More >>

The Routledge Companion to the French Revolution in World History engages with some of the most recent trends in...  Read More >>

Historians of the French Revolution used to take for granted what was also obvious to its contemporary observers--that...  Read More >>

Abbé Sicard was a French revolutionary priest and an innovator of French and American sign language. This thoughtful,...  Read More >>

Yet, the danger and suffering, the comradeship and betrayal, the na�ve hopes and cynical despair of those in prison...  Read More >>

Examines the Scottish contribution to the British state during the 1790s, with a view to establish how the government...  Read More >>

First published in 1892, this book describes the development of political thought and political parties in ‘modern’...  Read More >>

"They enable us to grasp the ""Nazi gaze"" and to confront the issue of the relation between greed and mass destruction."...  Read More >>