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Author : Bernadette Fort
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Fictions of the French Revolution written by Bernadette Fort and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Walter Montgomery
Publisher : Ozymandias Press
ISBN 13 : 1531267890
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (312 download)
Download or read book Stories of the French Revolution written by Walter Montgomery and published by Ozymandias Press. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About eight miles from Paris is the town of Versailles, which was but a poor little village when a great king took a fancy to it and built there a palace. His son was passionately fond of state and grandeur, and he resolved to add to the palace, room after room and gallery after gallery, until he had made it the most superb house in all the world. It is said the cost was so frightful that he never let anyone know what the sum total amounted to, but threw the accounts into the fire. This was Louis XIV., called by Frenchmen "Le grand Monarque." He reigned seventy-two years, having been a mere child when called to the throne.
Author : Ian Davidson
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 1847659365
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (476 download)
Download or read book The French Revolution written by Ian Davidson and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fall of the Bastille on July 14, 1789 has become the commemorative symbol of the French Revolution. But this violent and random act was unrepresentative of the real work of the early revolution, which was taking place ten miles west of Paris, in Versailles. There, the nobles, clergy and commoners of France had just declared themselves a republic, toppling a rotten system of aristocratic privilege and altering the course of history forever. The Revolution was led not by angry mobs, but by the best and brightest of France's growing bourgeoisie: young, educated, ambitious. Their aim was not to destroy, but to build a better state. In just three months they drew up a Declaration of the Rights of Man, which was to become the archetype of all subsequent Declarations worldwide, and they instituted a system of locally elected administration for France which still survives today. They were determined to create an entirely new system of government, based on rights, equality and the rule of law. In the first three years of the Revolution they went a long way toward doing so. Then came Robespierre, the Terror and unspeakable acts of barbarism. In a clear, dispassionate and fast-moving narrative, Ian Davidson shows how and why the Revolutionaries, in just five years, spiralled from the best of the Enlightenment to tyranny and the Terror. The book reminds us that the Revolution was both an inspiration of the finest principles of a new democracy and an awful warning of what can happen when idealism goes wrong.
Author : Hilary Mantel
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0312426399
Total Pages : 770 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (124 download)
Download or read book A Place of Greater Safety written by Hilary Mantel and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2006-11-14 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set during the French Revolution, this "riveting historical novel" ("The New Yorker") is the story of three young provincials who together helped destroy a way of life and, in the process, destroyed themselves.
Author : Eric Hazan
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1781689849
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (816 download)
Download or read book A People's History of the French Revolution written by Eric Hazan and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bold new history of the French Revolution from the standpoint of the peasants, workers, women and sans culottes The assault on the Bastille, the Reign of Terror, Danton mocking his executioner, Robespierre dispensing a fearful justice, and the archetypal gadfly Marat—the events and figures of the French Revolution have exercised a hold on the historical imagination for more than 200 years. It has been a template for heroic insurrection and, to more conservative minds, a cautionary tale. In the hands of Eric Hazan, author of The Invention of Paris, the revolution becomes a rational and pure struggle for emancipation. In this new history, the first significant account of the French Revolution in over twenty years, Hazan maintains that it fundamentally changed the Western world—for the better. Looking at history from the bottom up, providing an account of working people and peasants, Hazan asks, how did they see their opportunities? What were they fighting for? What was the Terror and could it be justified? And how was the revolution stopped in its tracks? The People’s History of the French Revolution is a vivid retelling of events, bringing them to life with a multitude of voices. Only in this way, by understanding the desires and demands of the lower classes, can the revolutionary bloodshed and the implacable will of a man such as Robespierre be truly understood.
Author : Catherine Delors
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780525950547
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (55 download)
Download or read book Mistress of the Revolution written by Catherine Delors and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forced to marry an elderly baron instead of a man she loves, impoverished noblewoman Gabrielle de Montserrat is condemned to death at the height of the French Revolution and finds her life placed in the hands of her former lover.
Author : Rafael Sabatini
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Scaramouche: A Romance of the French Revolution written by Rafael Sabatini and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2024-08-12 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Scaramouche: A Romance of the French Revolution" by Rafael Sabatini is a thrilling historical novel set against the backdrop of the turbulent French Revolution. The story follows André-Louis Moreau, a young lawyer whose life is turned upside down when his best friend is killed by the aristocratic Marquis de La Tour d'Azyr. Swearing vengeance, André-Louis joins a troupe of actors and assumes the role of Scaramouche, a cunning and eloquent character who becomes a voice of the people. As André-Louis navigates his dual life as a revolutionary and a performer, he becomes deeply involved in the political upheaval of the time. His journey takes him from the grand theaters of Paris to the dangerous streets filled with revolutionary fervor. Along the way, he encounters a cast of unforgettable characters, including the passionate Aline, the formidable Georges Danton, and the ruthless Robespierre. Sabatini's "Scaramouche" is renowned for its masterful blend of romance, adventure, and historical detail. The novel captures the spirit of an era marked by dramatic change and the fight for justice. With its swashbuckling hero and intricate plot, "Scaramouche" offers readers an exhilarating ride through one of history's most pivotal periods. This timeless tale of love, revenge, and political intrigue remains a beloved classic in historical fiction.
Author : William Stearns Davis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)
Download or read book The French Revolution as Told in Fiction written by William Stearns Davis and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Walter Montgomery
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783337536466
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (364 download)
Download or read book Stories of the French Revolution written by Walter Montgomery and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-14 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Walter [From Old Catalog Montgomery
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781019934753
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (347 download)
Download or read book Stories of the French Revolution written by Walter [From Old Catalog Montgomery and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book details the most significant upheaval in French history. From the fall of the Bastille to the Reign of Terror, it provides readers with a comprehensive exploration of the key events and personalities of the French Revolution. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Rafael Sabatini
Publisher : Phoemixx Classics Ebooks
ISBN 13 : 398551125X
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (855 download)
Download or read book Scaramouche written by Rafael Sabatini and published by Phoemixx Classics Ebooks. This book was released on 2021-08-19 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scaramouche Rafael Sabatini - Scaramouche tells the story of an unlikely hero during the French Revolution. Andre-Louis Moreau, a lawyer, is transformed from cynic to idealist as circumstances force him to change sides several times during the conflict in France. He becomes a revolutionary, politician, and fencing-master, confounding his enemies with his powerful orations and swordsmanship. Rafael Sabatini's 1921 novel has been adapted numerous times, most famously in 1952 with Stewart Granger in the title role.
Author : Rafael Sabatini
Publisher : 谷月社
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Scaramouche, A Romance of the French Revolution written by Rafael Sabatini and published by 谷月社. This book was released on 2015-12-03 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad. And that was all his patrimony. His very paternity was obscure, although the village of Gavrillac had long since dispelled the cloud of mystery that hung about it. Those simple Brittany folk were not so simple as to be deceived by a pretended relationship which did not even possess the virtue of originality. When a nobleman, for no apparent reason, announces himself the godfather of an infant fetched no man knew whence, and thereafter cares for the lad's rearing and education, the most unsophisticated of country folk perfectly understand the situation. And so the good people of Gavrillac permitted themselves no illusions on the score of the real relationship between Andre-Louis Moreau—as the lad had been named—and Quintin de Kercadiou, Lord of Gavrillac, who dwelt in the big grey house that dominated from its eminence the village clustering below. Andre-Louis had learnt his letters at the village school, lodged the while with old Rabouillet, the attorney, who in the capacity of fiscal intendant, looked after the affairs of M. de Kercadiou. Thereafter, at the age of fifteen, he had been packed off to Paris, to the Lycee of Louis Le Grand, to study the law which he was now returned to practise in conjunction with Rabouillet. All this at the charges of his godfather, M. de Kercadiou, who by placing him once more under the tutelage of Rabouillet would seem thereby quite clearly to be making provision for his future. Andre-Louis, on his side, had made the most of his opportunities. You behold him at the age of four-and-twenty stuffed with learning enough to produce an intellectual indigestion in an ordinary mind. Out of his zestful study of Man, from Thucydides to the Encyclopaedists, from Seneca to Rousseau, he had confirmed into an unassailable conviction his earliest conscious impressions of the general insanity of his own species. Nor can I discover that anything in his eventful life ever afterwards caused him to waver in that opinion.
Author : Rafael Sabatini
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781452826592
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (265 download)
Download or read book Scaramouche written by Rafael Sabatini and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scaramouche is not only Rafael Sabatini's crowning literary achievement, it is one of the most engaging, thought-provoking and exciting historical novels ever written. Andre-Louis Moreau, (or Scaramouche, as he later becomes known), is a fascinatingly complex protagonist. Courageous, intelligent, quick-witted and intensely moral, Moreau is a character whose personal quest for revenge against the villainous Marquis de La Tour d'Azyr is a masterfully-woven story of swashbuckling action, romance and social conflict during the turbulent years of the French Revolution. Scaramouche is a well-born lawyer, fugitive, dramatic actor, expert swordsman, revolutionary politician and mob-inciting orator. Sabatini sets Moreau upon an intriguing path of fate, development and discovery, a fictionalized yet compelling account of a single man's ultimate test of human character as the world around him spirals into madness. Rafael Sabatini has often been compared to Alexandre Dumas (author of the Three Musketeers, the Count of Monte Cristo) as a master of historical fiction. Sabatini has created in Scaramouche an historical action-adventure novel that transcends all modern action-adventure writers in that Moreau, his protagonist, is a thoroughly multi-dimensional character. Though Moreau is driven by his hatred and quest for revenge, the spirit of his character is not defined by them, and the conflict of these passions with his ideals brings depth and substance to his exploits on the Theatre Feydau, the fencing halls of Paris, the floor of the National Assembly and his pursuit of the beautiful Aline de Kercadiou. Duels, intrigue, political introspection, romance, and more duels-all are present in Scaramouche. Enjoy!
Author : WALTER MONTGOMERY.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781537809113
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (91 download)
Download or read book STORIES OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. written by WALTER MONTGOMERY. and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kate Quinn
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062916084
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (629 download)
Download or read book Ribbons of Scarlet written by Kate Quinn and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The French Revolution comes alive through the eyes of six diverse and complex women, in the skilled hands of these amazing authors.”--Martha Hall Kelly, New York Times bestselling author of Lilac Girls A breathtaking, epic novel illuminating the hopes, desires, and destinies of princesses and peasants, harlots and wives, fanatics and philosophers—seven unforgettable women whose paths cross during one of the most tumultuous and transformative events in history: the French Revolution. Ribbons of Scarlet is a timely story of the power of women to start a revolution—and change the world. In late eighteenth-century France, women do not have a place in politics. But as the tide of revolution rises, women from gilded salons to the streets of Paris decide otherwise—upending a world order that has long oppressed them. Blue-blooded Sophie de Grouchy believes in democracy, education, and equal rights for women, and marries the only man in Paris who agrees. Emboldened to fight the injustices of King Louis XVI, Sophie aims to prove that an educated populace can govern itself--but one of her students, fruit-seller Louise Audu, is hungrier for bread and vengeance than learning. When the Bastille falls and Louise leads a women’s march to Versailles, the monarchy is forced to bend, but not without a fight. The king’s pious sister Princess Elisabeth takes a stand to defend her brother, spirit her family to safety, and restore the old order, even at the risk of her head. But when fanatics use the newspapers to twist the revolution’s ideals into a new tyranny, even the women who toppled the monarchy are threatened by the guillotine. Putting her faith in the pen, brilliant political wife Manon Roland tries to write a way out of France’s blood-soaked Reign of Terror while pike-bearing Pauline Leon and steely Charlotte Corday embrace violence as the only way to save the nation. With justice corrupted by revenge, all the women must make impossible choices to survive--unless unlikely heroine and courtesan’s daughter Emilie de Sainte-Amaranthe can sway the man who controls France’s fate: the fearsome Robespierre.
Author : Michelle Moran
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307588661
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (75 download)
Download or read book Madame Tussaud written by Michelle Moran and published by Crown. This book was released on 2011-12-27 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world knows Madame Tussaud as a wax artist extraordinaire . . . but who was this woman who became one of the most famous sculptresses of all time? In these pages, her tumultuous and amazing story comes to life as only Michelle Moran can tell it. The year is 1788, and a revolution is about to begin. Smart and ambitious, Marie Tussaud has learned the secrets of wax sculpting by working alongside her uncle in their celebrated wax museum, the Salon de Cire. From her popular model of the American ambassador, Thomas Jefferson, to her tableau of the royal family at dinner, Marie’s museum provides Parisians with the very latest news on fashion, gossip, and even politics. Her customers hail from every walk of life, yet her greatest dream is to attract the attention of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI; their stamp of approval on her work could catapult her and her museum to the fame and riches she desires. After months of anticipation, Marie learns that the royal family is willing to come and see their likenesses. When they finally arrive, the king’s sister is so impressed that she requests Marie’s presence at Versailles as a royal tutor in wax sculpting. It is a request Marie knows she cannot refuse—even if it means time away from her beloved Salon and her increasingly dear friend, Henri Charles. As Marie gets to know her pupil, Princesse Élisabeth, she also becomes acquainted with the king and queen, who introduce her to the glamorous life at court. From lavish parties with more delicacies than she’s ever seen to rooms filled with candles lit only once before being discarded, Marie steps into a world entirely different from her home on the Boulevard du Temple, where people are selling their teeth in order to put food on the table. Meanwhile, many resent the vast separation between rich and poor. In salons and cafés across Paris, people like Camille Desmoulins, Jean-Paul Marat, and Maximilien Robespierre are lashing out against the monarchy. Soon, there’s whispered talk of revolution. . . . Will Marie be able to hold on to both the love of her life and her friendship with the royal family as France approaches civil war? And more important, will she be able to fulfill the demands of powerful revolutionaries who ask that she make the death masks of beheaded aristocrats, some of whom she knows? Spanning five years, from the budding revolution to the Reign of Terror, Madame Tussaud brings us into the world of an incredible heroine whose talent for wax modeling saved her life and preserved the faces of a vanished kingdom.
Author : Baroness Orczy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (524 download)
Download or read book The Scarlet Pimpernel written by Baroness Orczy and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-24 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Scarlet Pimpernel is the first book in a series of historical fiction novels written by Baroness Orczy. It was published in 1905. The story is set during the Reign of Terror, a bloody period during the French Revolution where presumed political enemies of France were executed via the guillotine in droves. The main character - Sir Percy Blakeney - is a featherbrained, wealthy English gentleman by day who transforms into a formidable swordsman and a quick-thinking escape artist by night. The hero and his band of gentlemen rescue aristocrats from certain death. His secret identity is known only by his close-knit team of vigilantes, The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel. He is known by his symbol, a simple flower, a scarlet pimpernel that he draws on his letters. The Scarlet Pimpernel established the "daring hero with a secret identity" concept in popular culture. We see many such characters in modern film, comics, and novels now, almost 120 years later. This beautiful reprint of the original story is unedited and unabridged, preserving this classic novel to read. It makes a wonderful gift for the action and adventure fiction fan in you life or a wonderful addition to your library of classic literature. Enjoy! Excerpt: The execution of the Princesse de Lamballe, Marie Antoinette's young and charming friend, had filled everyone in England with unspeakable horror, the daily execution of scores of royalists of good family, whose only sin was their aristocratic name, seemed to cry for vengeance to the whole of civilised Europe. Yet, with all that, no one dared to interfere. Dimensions: Original 1905 Text Classic Historical Fiction, Action & Adventure Fiction Novel Dimensions: 6x9 inches Matte Cover
