Revolutionary France 1770 - 1880

Revolutionary France is a vivid narrative history. It is also a radical reinterpretation of the period, and testimony to the power both of ideas and of personality in movements of the past. Francois Furet is France's leading historian of the period A work of great range and originality that was a bestseller in France Illustrated with paintings, cartoons, maps and chronological charts.

List of Illustrations. Acknowledgements. Foreword. Part I: The French Revolution. 1. The Ancien Regime. 2. The Revolution of 1789. 3. The Jacobin Republic. 4. The Thermidorian Republic. 5. Napoleon Bonaparte. Part II: Ending the Revolution. 6. The Restoration. 7. The July Monarchy. 8. The Second Republic. 9. The Second Empire. 10. The Republic. Appendix 1: Chronology. Appendix 2: The Republican Calendar for Year II (1793-1794). Bibliography. Glossary. Index of Names. Index of Subjects.