The French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon / John C. Davenport.
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TextSeries: Milestones in modern world historyPublication details: New York : Chelsea House, c2012.Description: 127 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 25 cmISBN: - 1604139196 (hbk. : acidfree paper)
- 9781604139198 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Charles Dickens famously called the era of the French Revolution the best and worst of times. For 10 years, from 1789 to 1799, France struggled to inaugurate a new European order based on the principles of liberty, equality, and fraternity. In the process, men wrote constitutions, women marched for bread, politicians condemned innocent people to death, and a little Corsican general named Napoleon Bonaparte came to dominate the continent. Read about this remarkable period of European history in The French Revolution and the Rise of Napoleon .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 118-120) and index.
A congress in Vienna -- Monarchs, money, and America -- The estates meet -- The Bastille -- New constitutions -- To kill a king -- The road to terror -- The terror unfolds -- The coming of Napoleon -- The legacy of the French Revolution.
Presents a history of the French Revolution, a tumultuous period characterized by violence and unrest in which the French overthrew their traditional monarchy and attempted to establish a republican form of government.