- French Revolution
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A companion volume to his previous "lightning biography" of Napoleon, this book is an outline of the overall shape and impact of the French Revolution, with references given for deeper study. It is a deliberately short and approachable work, suitable for those reading about the French Revolution for the first time, or looking for an overview of the main events and significance of this great historical cataclysm.
- Chapters
- Preface
- The Perspective of the French Revolution
- Versailles
- Economic Crisis
- Convocation of the States General
- France comes to Versailles
- From Versailles to Paris
- The Assembly Demolishes Privilege
- The Flight to Varennes
- War Breaks Out
- The Massacres
- Ending the Monarchy
- The Fall of the Gironde
- The Reign of Terror
- Thermidor
- The Last Days of the Convention
- The Directoire
- Art and Literature