The Fall of the French Monarchy
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: July 19, 2002
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780333901939
Subjects: European history: c 1750 to c 1900; Political structure & processes; Revolutions & coups; c 1700 to c 1800; France
First sentence: AT MIDDAY ON 5 MAY 1789, Louis XVI entered the Hall of the Menus Plaisirs at Versailles to open the first meeting of the Estates General to be held since 1614.