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  • The French Revolution

    by Dr David Andress ...
    Series Book 19 - The Landmark Library
    A short, brilliant and controversial new interpretation of arguably the most important revolution of all time: the event that made the rights of man and the demand for liberty, equality and fraternity central to modern politics.In this miraculously compressed, incisive book David Andress argues that it was the peasantry of France who made and defended the Revolution of 1789. That the peasant ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • The Savage Storm

    Britain on the Brink in the Age of Napoleon

    by David Andress ...
    Britain's defeat of Napoleon is one the great accomplishments in our history. And yet it was by no means certain that Britain itself would survive the revolutionary fervour of the age, let alone emerge victorious from such a vast conflict. From the late 1790s, the country was stricken by naval mutinies, rebellion in Ireland, and riots born of hunger, poverty and grinding injustice. As the new ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Cultural Dementia

    How the West has Lost its History, and Risks Losing Everything Else

    by Dr David Andress ...
    In this blistering book, David Andress shows how the West has abandoned its history and lost its memory.The former great powers of the historic 'West' have abandoned themselves to senile daydreams of recovered youth. They have stirred up old hatreds given disturbing voice to destructive rage, and risked the collapse of their capacity for decisive, effective and just government.At the core of this ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Oxford Handbook of the French Revolution

    Edited by David Andress ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The Oxford Handbook of the French Revolution brings together a sweeping range of expert and innovative contributions to offer engaging and thought-provoking insights into the history and historiography of this epochal event. Each chapter presents the foremost summations of academic thinking on key topics, along with stimulating and provocative interpretations and suggestions for future research ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • The Routledge Handbook of French History

    Edited by David Andress ...
    Aimed firmly at the student reader, this handbook offers an overview of the full range of the history of France, from the origins of the concept of post-Roman "Francia," through the emergence of a consolidated French monarchy and the development of both nation-state and global empire into the modern era, forward to the current complexities of a modern republic integrated into the European Union ... Read more

    $100.99 CAD

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  • The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon

    The New Penguin History of France

    by Colin Jones ...
    There can be few more mesmerising historical narratives than the story of how the dazzlingly confident and secure monarchy Louis XIV, 'the Sun King', left to his successors in 1715 became the discredited, debt-ridden failure toppled by Revolution in1789. The further story of the bloody unravelling of the Revolution until its seizure by Napoleon is equally astounding.Colin Jones' brilliant new book ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • The French Revolution

    A Beginner's Guide

    by Peter Davies ...
    Series series Beginner's Guides
    Handy introduction to one of the most significant and studied events in world historyBlending narrative with analysis, Peter Davies explores a time of obscene opulence, mass starvation, and ground-breaking ideals; where the streets of Paris ran red with blood, and the numbers requiring execution precipitated the invention of the guillotine. Davies brings the subject up to date by considering the ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • The French Revolution, 1789-1799

    by Peter McPhee ...
    This book provides a succinct yet up-to-date and challenging approach to the French Revolution of 1789-1799 and its consequences. Peter McPhee provides an accessible and reliable overview and one which deliberately introduces students to central debates among historians. The book has two main aims. One aim is to consider the origins and nature of the Revolution of 1789-99. Why was there a ... Read more

    $119.99 CAD

  • From Deficit to Deluge

    The Origins of the French Revolution

    Edited by Thomas E Kaiser, Dale K Van Kley ...
    An essay collection that analyzes how fiscal, social, religious, diplomatic, and other issues added fuel to the entire revolutionary conflagration.From Deficit to Deluge takes stock of shifts in scholarly investigation of the origins of French Revolution. During the last decade, scholars have moved beyond "revisionist" historians of the 1970s, who highlighted the monarchy's degeneration into ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The French Revolution, Napoleon, and the Republic: Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité

    by Jacob Steinberg ...
    Series series The Age of Revolution
    The catalysts, major events, and consequences of one of history’s bloodiest revolutions are presented in a thrilling and academically rigorous way in this guide to the French Revolution. The stories of this historic episode’s key players are narrated, including the tales of such well-known characters as Marie Antoinette and Napoleon Bonaparte. There is a thorough treatment of France’s economy, ... Read more

    $40.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • France 1814 - 1914

    by Robert Tombs ...
    Series series Longman History of France
    Here is an incomparably rich portrait of France in the years when the disparate elements that made up the fragmented kingdom of the ancien regime were forged into the modern nation. The survey begins with an exploration of national obsessions and attitudes. It considers the tendency to revolution and war, the preoccupation with the idea of a New Order and the deep strain of national paranoia that ... Read more

    $93.99 CAD

  • A Companion to the French Revolution

    Edited by Peter McPhee ...
    Series series Blackwell Companions to European History
    A Companion to the French Revolution comprises twenty-nine newly-written essays reassessing the origins, development, and impact of this great turning-point in modern history.Examines the origins, development and impact of the French RevolutionFeatures original contributions from leading historians, including six essays translated from French.Presents a wide-ranging overview of current historical ... Read more

    $55.99 CAD