Days of the French Revolution

WorksfromLesMisirablesbyVictorHugotoCitizensbySimonSchamahavebeeninspiredbytheFrenchRevolution.Nowavailableforthefirsttimeinyears,TheDaysoftheFrenchRevolutionbringstolifetheeventsthatchangedthefutureofWesterncivilization.Ascompellingasanyfictionthriller,thisreal-lifedramamovesfromthestormingoftheBastilletothedoomedcourtofLouisXVI,thesalonofMadameRoland,andeventheboudoirofMarieAntoinette.HibbertrecountstheeventsthatswirledaroundNapoleon,Mirabeau,Danton,Marat,andRobespierrewitheyewitnessaccountsandhis"usualgraceandflairfordivulginginterestingdetail"(Booklist).Thistradepaperbackeditionhastwenty-eightpagesofblack-and-whiteillustrations,andwillbepublishedintimeforBastilleDay.AfreshandoriginalnarrativehistoryoftheFrenchRevolution.