Alistair Horne: The French Revolution Experience

by Horne, Alistair

ISBN: 9780233002354

Published: 2009

A comprehensive guide to The French Revolution with 30 removable facsimile documents of historic importance. Contents: Introduction Translations booklet 1. The legacy of Louis XIV 2. Louis XV and the Debilitation of France 3. The Enlightenment and the Philosophes 4. Louis XVI and Marie-Antionette 5. Warning of Trouble 6. The Estates-General and the Rights of Man 7. The Tennis Court Oath 8. The Storming of the Bastille 9. The March on Versailles 10. The Attack on the Clergy 11. Civil War in the Provinces 12. The Emigres 13. The King's Flight to Varennes 14. The Descent of the Revolution 15. War is Declared - 1791 16. The Convention: Danton, Marat and Robespierre Arrive 17. The Executions of Louis XVI and Robespierre Arrive 18. War on Three Fronts - 1792-99 19. The Vendee Rising - 1793 20. Economic Crises - July-September 1793 21. The Terror - 1793-94 22. Innovations 23. Thermidor - The End of the Terror - 1794 24. "A Whiff of Grapeshot" : Napoleon Arrives 25. The Collapse of the...