The French Revolution
Title:
The French Revolution
Personal Author EPSB:
Summary:
Presents an overview of the French Revolution, discussing its origins and excesses, and the rise of Napoleon. Also includes a glossary, time line, and reading list.
Year Published:
2003
Physical Description:
56 p. : ill.
Note:
16.00
Contents:
Introduction -- How do we know? -- The old system -- Election fever -- The National Assembly -- The Tennis Court Oath -- The king responds -- Storming the Bastille -- Confusion and order -- The Rights of Man -- Defining the new country -- Controlling the king -- Calls for war -- The "September Massacres" -- The king is dead -- Wars on all fronts -- The Committee of Public Safety -- The Reign of Terror -- The fall of Robespierre -- The Directory -- The rise of Napoleon -- Transforming the revolution -- Legacy of the revolution -- What have we learned from the French Revolution?
ISBN:
9781403436375
Publisher:
Chicago : Heinemann Library, c2003.
