The French Revolution: Voices from a Momentous Epoch 1789-1796 edited by Richard Cobb and Colin Jones

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Marks on top foredge. Dust jacket has a small tears at corners and is now enclosed in a glossy protective cover.

An illustrated historical collection documenting the French Revolution through primary sources like diaries, letters, and journals. The book highlights personal experiences of the era's glory, terror, and chaos.

We witness the terror of the guillotine cutting short one voice after another, the departure of the volunteers, the royal family's abortive flight from Paris, Pimpernels and British and American sympathisers, heroes and lesser men of the time and the rise of an obscure Corsican artilleryman named Napoleon Bonaparte.

All profits from the sale of this book go to the Bunbury RSL.