The Real Story of the French Revolution: Separating Myth from Reality

by Mike Wells

The French Revolution was a period of radical political and societal change in the eighteenth century. Everyone knows about the guillotine and the grisly processions of tumbrils, but less is generally appreciated about the much greater violence in provincial France. This book examines the beliefs and assumptions about the French Revolution which have become popularised in films and novels but also accepted in standard accounts to see if they stand...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399084526
• ISBN13: 9781399084529
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Pen and Sword History
• Length: 224 Pages