The French Revolution: 1770-1814 (History of France)

About this book

This volume comprising Part I of the authors classic work Revolutionary France 1770-1880 offers a vivid narrative and radical reinterpretation of the years surrounding the momentous events of 1789 and their aftermath. During this period there were not one but two revolutions: by intent the first was egalitarian the second- Bonapartes authoritarian. The tension between the two characterized the period and was to shape the Republic that eventually emerged from the ruins of the ancien regime.