| Description |
1 online resource : illustration |
| Series |
For Beginners |
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For beginners.
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| Contents |
Cover; Copyright; Contents; I: Introduction; II: The Ancien Regime-When it Was Good to be the King; III: Slouching Toward Revolution; IV: The Dam Breaks-The Estates-General of 1789; V: Happy Bastille Day!; VI: Working Towards a Constitution; VII: A Royal Pain-The Flight to Varennes and the Legislative Assembly; VIII: The Center Cannot Hold-The Legislative Assembly to the National Convention; IX: Vive La Republique!; X: A Republic of Virtue-A Republic of Terror; XI: The Directory-A Government as Exciting as it Sounds; XII: Napoleon's Rise-The French Consulate |
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XIII: Napoleon's Triumph-The First French EmpireXIV: Napoleon's Downfall-The End of the Empire and the Hundred Days; XV: Turning Back the Clock On the Revolution-The Congress of Vienna and Boubon Restoration; XVI: The Boys of Summer-Louis-Philippe and the July Monarch; XVII: French Revolution of 1848 and the Second Republic-What Happens When You Run Out of Kings to Overthrow; XVIII: Napoleon III-The Empire Strikes Back; XIX: Fighting Germans and Communists-The Twentieth Century Beckons; XX: The End of a Wild Ride-The Legacy of the French Revolutions; Works Cited; About the Author |
| Summary |
Allons enfant de la Patrie, le jour de gloire est arrivé! "Arise children of the Fatherland, the day of glory has arrived!" These opening lines to La Marseillaise, France's famously stirring and evocative national anthem, capture perfectly the passion, fear, and frenetic energy of Republicanism's sanguinary birth on French soil. Through the violence of the Revolutions (yes there were many) the reign of the Bourbon monarchy came to an end and modern France was born. French Revolutions For Beginners examines the several bloody revolutions and counter-revolutions throughout the course of the 19th |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-179) |
| Notes |
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| SUBJECT |
France -- History -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051396
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France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051319
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| Subject |
France.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Motley, Tom, illustrator
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| ISBN |
9781934389928 |
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1934389927 |
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