The French Revolution : a history /

Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881.

The French Revolution : a history / Thomas Carlyle ; introduction by John D. Rosenberg. - Modern Library pbk. ed. - New York : Modern Library, 2002. - xliii; 798 p. ; 21 cm. - The Modern Library classics . - Modern Library classics. .

"Complete and unabridged"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Biographical note -- Introduction / John D. Rosenberg -- The French Revolution. Thomas Carlyle -- Chronological summary of the French Revolution -- Part 1 : The Bastille. Death of Louis XV -- The paper age -- The Parlement of Paris -- States-General -- The Third Estate -- Consolidation -- The insurrection of women -- Part 2 : The constitution. The Feast of Pikes -- Nanci -- The Tuileries -- Varennes -- Parliament first -- The Marseillese -- Part 3 : The guillotine. September -- Regicide -- The Girondins -- Terror -- Terror the order of the day -- Thermidor -- Vendemiaire.

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France--History--Louis XVI, 1774-1793.
France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799.

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