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Citizens by Simon Schama have been inspired by the French Revolution. Now available for the first time in years,
The Days of the French Revolution brings to life the events that changed the future of Western civilization. As compelling as any fiction thriller, this real-life drama moves from the storming of the Bastille to the doomed court of Louis XVI, the salon of Madame Roland, and even the boudoir of Marie Antoinette. Hibbert recounts the events that swirled around Napoleon, Mirabeau, Danton, Marat, and Robespierre with eyewitness accounts and his "usual grace and flair for divulging interesting detail" (Booklist). This trade paperback edition has twenty-eight pages of black-and-white illustrations, and will be published in time for Bastille Day.
Synopsis
Christopher Hibbert brings the French Revolution to life in a compelling account of the people and events that changed the course of European history. Focusing on the most significant events of the era, The Days of the French Revolution spans the decade between the meeting of the Estates General at Versailles in 1789 and the coup d' tat that brought Napoleon Bonaparte to power in 1799.
The storming of the Bastille, the decadent and doomed court of Louis XVI, and the influence of Danton, Marat and Robespierre are all discussed in this unique work. Readers will gain an in-depth understanding of a decade that marked the end of a way of life and the birth of a new era in politics, government and society.
Christopher Hibbert, an Oxford graduate, has written more than fifty books, including Wellington: A Personal History, London: The Biography of a City, Redcoats and Rebels, and The Destruction of Lord Raglan. He lives with his family in Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, England.
"Well-written, lucid, and vivid."-- Washington Post
About the Author
Christopher Hibbert, an Oxford graduate, has written more than fifty books, including
Wellington: A Personal History, London: The Biography of a City, Redcoats and Rebels, and
The Destruction of Lord Raglan. He lives with his family in Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, England.