The French Revolution triggered the birth of modern Europe, but it was actually a series of revolutions which, pulled and pushed by war and fear, evolved beyond even the dreams of the first revolutionaries. This volume of History In An Afternoon examines France from the debt building days of the American War of Independence, through the revolution of 1789 and up to 1804, when Napoleon brought the closest we can find to an ‘end.’ History In An Afternoon gives you all the essential detail in a few hours.
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