The French Revolution

The French Revolution / Peter McPhee.

On 14 July 1789 thousands of Parisians seized the Bastille fortress in Paris. This was the most famous episode of the Revolution of 1789, when huge numbers of French people across the kingdom successfully rebelled against absolute monarchy and the privileges of the nobility. But the subsequent strug...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McPhee, Peter, 1948- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Publishing, 2017.
Edition:Revised second edition.
Subjects:
1789-1799
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799.
France
History
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of maps, tables, images and videos; 1 France in the 1780s; 2 The Revolution of 1789; 3 Reform, Conflict, and a Second Revolution, 1789-1792; 4 The Crisis of 1792-1793: War and Terror; 5 Ending the Terror, Ending the Revolution, 1794-1799; 6 The Significance of the French Revolution; Chronology; Further Reading; Index

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