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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
La Grande Révolution	Peter Kropotkin	xix , 610 p	OL1105346W
French revolutionaries and English republicans	Rachel Hammersley	"An in-depth study of the radical Cordeliers Club and its influence on political and constitutional thought of the time"--Provided by publisher	OL12067040W
Gender, Sex and the Shaping of Modern Europe	Joshua A. Sanborn,Annette F. Timm	Through a blend of history and historiography, Gender, Sex and the Shaping of Modern Europe provides a clear and concise introduction to gender history in the region. The detailed examples and engagi…	OL13671147W
Les Lettres sur la sympathie (1798) de Sophie de Grouchy	Sophie de Condorcet	vii, 238 p. ; 24 cm	OL15425081W
From Valmy to Waterloo	Marie-Cécile Thoral	The French declaration of war on Austria on 20 April 1792 committed the nation to more than twenty years of war. Faced with a coalition of European powers, the revolutionaries called upon the citizen…	OL16137142W
Between the queen and the cabby	Cole, John R.	"Students of the French Revolution and of women's right are generally familiar with Olympe de Gouges's bold adaptation of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. However, her Rights …	OL16562274W
Napoleon and the Revolution	David P. Jordan	"This new study of Napoleon emphasizes his ties to the French Revolution, his embodiment of its militancy, and his rescue of its legacies. Jordan's work illuminates all aspects of his fabulous career…	OL16688599W
The Idea of Art as Propaganda in France, 1750-1799: A Study in the History of Ideas	Leith JA	1 online resource (ix, 184 pages)	OL18203975W
The place of the French Revolution in history	Marvin Cox	Selections from the writings of various historians on the interpretation of the French Revolution's place in history.	OL19223691W
Liberty or death	McPhee, Peter	"The French Revolution has fascinated, perplexed and inspired for more than two centuries. It was a seismic event that radically transformed France and sent shock waves across the world. In this prov…	OL20030603W
Oxford Aqa History for a Level	Sally Waller	Retaining well-loved features from the previous editions, Revolution and Dictatorship has been approved by AQA and matched to the new 2015 specification. This textbook explores in-depth the practice …	OL20479084W
The guillotine and the Cross	Warren H. Carroll	The persistent myths of the French Revolution—that the destruction of the old order brought unrivaled freedom and happiness for Europe—are shattered in this rousing study of the political violence an…	OL2395210W
The French Revolution	Doyle, William	Beginning with a discussion of familiar images of the French Revolution, this work looks at how the ancien régime became ancien as well as examining cases in which achievement failed to match ambitio…	OL23960W
Children of the Revolution	Robert Gildea	Nineteenth-century France was one of the world's great cultural beacons, renowned for its dazzling literature, philosophy, art, poetry and technology. Yet this was also a tumultuous century of politi…	OL2488842W
The French revolution, 1789-99	E.G. Rayner,R.F. Stapley	Intellectual background - Peasant origins - Aristocracy and bourgeoisie - Middle class in Paris - Girondins and Jacobins - Robespierre - Social achievements - Women - Historiography - The Reign of Te…	OL26357279W
When the King Took Flight	Timothy Tackett	"On a June night in 1791, King Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette fled Paris in disguise, hoping to escape the mounting turmoil of the French Revolution. They were arrested by a small group of citizens a…	OL2958340W
Human Nature and the French Revolution	Xavier D. Martin	"What view of man did the French Revolutionaries hold? Anyone who purports to be interested in the "Rights of Man" could be expected to see this question as crucial and yet, surprisingly, it is rarel…	OL3369820W
Visualizing the Nation	Joan B. Landes	"Popular images of women were everywhere in revolutionary France. Landes highlights the widespread circulation of images of the female body, notwithstanding the political leadership's suspicions of t…	OL5093251W
Envoy to the Terror	Melanie Randolph Miller	The story of Gouverneur Morris, the brilliant and unconventional Founding Father from New York, is a forgotten jewel in the crown of early American national history. Although he was an important cont…	OL5703894W
Legitimacy and Power Politics	Mlada Bukovansky	"This book examines the causes and consequences of a major transformation in both domestic and international politics: the shift from dynastically legitimated monarchical sovereignty to popularly leg…	OL8328156W