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Scarlet Pimpernel
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Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
For the condemned nobles during the French Revolution, there is a ray of hope: rescue by the Scarlet Pimpernel. His identity remains a mystery to his sworn enemy, the ruthless Chauvelin, and to his devoted admirer, the beautiful Lady Margaret {Blakeney}.
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Reflections on the Revolution in France
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Edmund Burke
Reflections on the Revolution in France is the most famous and popular work of Irish political writer and statesman EDMUND BURKE (1729-1797), whose 12-volume set of collected works has long been considered one of the most influential anthologies of political philosophy in the English language. Reflections, included in Volume III of that set, is ...
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Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution
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Simon Schama
Instead of the dying Old Regime, Schama presents an ebullient country, vital and inventive, infatuated with novelty and technology--a strikingly fresh view of Louis XVI's France. A New York Times bestseller in hardcover. 200 illustrations.
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The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette
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Carolly Erickson, Ph.D.
This captivating retelling of Marie Antoinette's life turns the tables by giving heart and mind to one of the most sensational, and maddeningly complex, historical figures of all time.
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The Coming of the French Revolution
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Georges Lefebvre, Robert R Palmer (Translator)
'This present book was written long enough ago to have become a classic. It concerns only the beginning of the French Revolution. Its author, Georges Lefebvre, published it early in 1939 in honor of the sesquicentennial of the Revolution of 1789. A few months later the Second World War began.
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Scaramouche
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Rafael Sabatini
Sabatini's classic swashbuckling novel was first published in 1921.
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The French Revolution and Human Rights: A Brief Documentary History
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Lynn Hunt (Introduction by)
This brief documentary history explores the issue of rights and citizenship that dominated Revolutionary France and helped define modern notions of civil rights. The rich selection of 38 primary documents - many never before published in Englishallows students to read and analyze, firsthand, the intense debates and subsequent legislation ...
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
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Baroness Orczy
For the condemned nobles during the French Revolution, there is a ray of hope: rescue by the Scarlet Pimpernel. His identity remains a mystery to his sworn enemy, the ruthless Chauvelin, and to his devoted admirer, the beautiful Lady Margaret {Blakeney}.
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French Revolution
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Thomas Carlyle
The product of a powerful and original mind, this is the history that introduced English-speaking people to the full meaning and tragedy of the French Revolution. First published in 1837, it established Thomas Carlyle's reputation as a historian of enduring scholarly and popular appeal. His scrupulous attention to facts and details, combined with ...
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
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Baroness Orczy
For the condemned nobles during the French Revolution, there is a ray of hope: rescue by the Scarlet Pimpernel. His identity remains a mystery to his sworn enemy, the ruthless Chauvelin, and to his devoted admirer, the beautiful Lady Margaret {Blakeney}.
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Old Regime and the French Revolution
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Professor Alexis de Tocqueville, Stuart Gilbert (Translator)
Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) is familiar to readers as the author of "Democracy in America," the most-quoted book written about the United States. "The Old Regime and the Revolution" is Tocqueville's great meditation on the origins and meanings of the French Revolution. One of the most profound and influential studies of this pivotal event, ...
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A Tale of Two Cities
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Marie Kalil
The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. In "CliffsNotes on A Tale of Two Cities," you experience one of ...
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Citizens
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Simon Schama
From the author of the bestselling The Embarrassment of Riches comes an original and electrifyingly new narrative account of the French Revolution. 75 illustrations. Published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution.
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A Short History of the French Revolution
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Jeremy D Popkin
/*6003B-0, 0-13-060032-6, Popkin, Jeremy D., A Short History of the French Revolution, 3/E*/" Written for today's readers, this up-to-date survey of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Period offers a shorter, concise alternative to the longer, detailed volumes available. This volume introduces readers to the major events that comprise the story ...
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Twelve Who Ruled: The Year of the Terror in the French Revolution
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Robert R Palmer
This modern classic is being reissued in recognition of the bicentennial of the French Revolution. From a review of an earlier edition: "This is wholly an admirable book: it is based upon all the most recent researches and itself makes some original contributions to scholarship; it is written in a bright popular style and deserves as warm a ...
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The glass-blowers
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Daphne Du Maurier
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Ninety-Three
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Victor Hugo
A historical novel built upon the questions "Can a good action be a bad action? Does not he who spares the wolf kill the sheep?" centers on revolutionary France; just as the plot is an abstract judicial difficulty, the hero is an abstract historical force.
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The Oxford History of the French Revolution
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William Doyle
Written by a leading historian, this authoritative and comprehensive history draws on a wealth of new research in order to reassess the greatest of all revolutions, and provides new insights into one of the most important events in European history. Illustrations and photographs.
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The Elusive Pimpernel
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Baroness Emmuska Orczy
Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - There was not even a reaction. On! ever on! in that wild, surging torrent; sowing the wind of anarchy, of terrorism, of lust of blood and hate, and reaping a hurricane of destruction ...
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The French revolution; a history
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Thomas Carlyle
The book that established Thomas Carlyle's reputation when first published in 1837, this spectacular historical masterpiece has since been accepted as the standard work on the subject. It combines a shrewd insight into character, a vivid realization of the picturesque, and a singular ability to bring the past to blazing life, making it a reading ...
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The Days of the French Revolution
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Christopher Hibbert
Works from "Les Misirables" by Victor Hugo to "Citizens" by Simon Schama have been inspired by the French Revolution. Now available for the first time in years, "The Days of the French Revolution" brings to life the events that changed the future of Western civilization. As compelling as any fiction thriller, this real-life drama moves from the ...
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Politics, Culture & Class in the French Revolution
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Lynn Hunt
A landmark work of French Revolution scholarship, now in its 20th anniversary edition.
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University of Chicago Readings in Western Civilization, Volume 7: The Old Regime and the French Revolution
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John W Boyer (Editor), Keith Michael Baker (Editor), Julius Kishner (Editor)
The University of Chicago Readings in Western Civilization (nine volumes) makes available to students and teachers a unique selection of primary documents, many in new translations. These readings, prepared for the highly praised Western civilization sequence at the University of Chicago, were chosen by an outstanding group of scholars whose ...
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Social Interpretation of the French Revolution
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Alfred B Cobban
A reissue of a classic text on the French revolution, with a new introduction.
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A Place of Greater Safety
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Hilary Mantel
Mantel's three protagonists--Danton, Robespierre, and Desmoulins--were important figures in the French Revolution. Mantel brings them to life and tells the stories of their relationships with each other as well as with their wives, families, supporters, and enemies. This novel, Mantel's first American publication, was widely acclaimed as a highly ...
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