Bibliograph

Liberty or death, the French Revolution, Peter McPhee

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Liberty or death, the French Revolution, Peter McPhee

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references ([434]-454) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Liberty or death

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

923796139

Responsibility statement

Peter McPhee

Sub title

the French Revolution

Table Of Contents

Patchworks of power and privilege: France in the 1780s -- A world of intellectual ferment -- Mismanaging crisis, 1785-88 -- The people's revolution, 1789 -- Regenerating the nation, 1789-90 -- The revolution triumphant, 1790 -- Fracturing Christ's family: religious schism and the king's flight, 1790-91 -- Fear and fury, 1791-92, and a second revolution -- Republicans at the crossroads, 1792-93 -- Liberty or death: choosing sides in violent times, 1793 -- "Terror until the peace", July-October 1793 -- Saving a republic of virtue, October 1793-April 1794 -- Terror, victory and collapse, April-July 1794 -- Settling scores: the Thermidorian reaction, 1794-95 -- Men with a stake in society, 1795-97 -- The great nation and its enemies, 1797-99 -- The significance of the French Revolution

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