The French Revolution
Subtitle: from Enlightenment to tyranny
By: Ian Davidson
Edition: First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9781681772509
Subjects: Revolution (France : 1789-1799) fast (OCoLC)fst01354514; Revolution (France : 1789-1799.); History
Description: The French Revolution casts a long shadow, one that reaches into our own time and influences our debates on freedom, equality, and authority. Yet it remains an elusive, perplexing historical event. Its significance morphs according to the sympathies of the viewer, who may see it as a series of gory tableaux, a regrettable slide into uncontrolled anarchy--or a radical reshaping of the political landscape. In this riveting new book, Ian Davidson provides a fresh look at this vital moment in European history. He reveals how it was an immensely complicated and multifaceted revolution, taking place in different places, at different times, and in different spheres; and how subsequently it became weighted with political, social, and moral values. Stirring and dramatic--and filled with the larger-than-life players of the period and evoking the turbulence of this colorful time--this is narrative history at its finest.--
Notes: Originally published: London : Profile Books, 2016.

Includes bibliographical references (278-297) and index.
Table of contents: title: États Généraux; title: The fall of Necker; title: The storming of the Bastille; title: The dismantling of feudalism; title: Declaration of the rights of man; title: The King moves to Paris; title: The Assembly starts to govern France; title: The revolutionaries reform the Church; title: The flight of the King; title: The rush to war; title: The overthrow of the monarchy; title: The Commune insurrectionnelle; title: The Convention; title: The wars in 1792 : from Valmy to Jemappes; title: The trial of the King; title: Girondins and Montagnards; title: The fall of the Girondins; title: The civil wars of 1793; title: The Gouvernement Révolutionnaire; title: The Terreur; title: The spasm of religion to the fall of Danton; title: The fall of Robespierre; title: The aftermath; title: A note on the children of Louis XVI ; A note on the franchise for women ; The coups d'état of the French Revolution ; The French text of the Declaration of the Rights of Man of 1789 ; A note on money and inflation ; A note on the Comité de Salut Public ; A note on death and the Revolution.