The French Revolution and Napoleon: A Sourcebook

By Philip G. Dwyer

Book Overview

The upheavals, terror, and drama of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic period restructured politics and society on a grand scale, making this the defining moment for modern European history.

This volume collects together a wide selection of primary texts to explain the process behind the enormous changes undergone by France and Europe between 1787 and 1815, from the Terror to the Counter-Revolution and from Marie-Antoinette to Robespierre and Bonaparte. While bringing the impact of historical events to life, Philip Dwyer and Peter McPhee provide a clear outline of the period through key documents and lucid introductory passages and commentary. They illustrate the meaning of the Revolution for peasants, sans-culottes, women, and slaves, as well as placing events within a wider European context..

Students will find this an invaluable source of information on the Revolution as a whole as well as the international significance of the events.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415199085
• ISBN13: 9780415199087
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.6" x 9.3"