Author:Christopher Hibbert
If you want to discover the captivating history of the French Revolution, this is the book for you . . .
Concise, convincing and exciting, this is Christopher Hibbert's brilliant account of the events that shook eighteenth-century Europe to its foundation. With a mixture of lucid storytelling and fascinating detail, he charts the French Revolution from its beginnings at an impromptu meeting on an indoor tennis court at Versailles in 1789, right through to the 'coup d'etat' that brought Napoleon to power ten years later.
In the process he explains the drama and complexities of this epoch-making era in the compelling and accessible manner he has made his trademark.
'A spectacular replay of epic action' Richard Holmes, The Times
'Unquestionably the best popular history of the French Revolution' The Good Book Guide
Compelling . . . as engaging a read as Stalingrad and Berlin
—— GuardianFascinating. An intricate, gracefully told and often moving social history of a talented family in times of revolution, civil war, dictatorship and world conflict
—— Rachel Polonsky , New StatesmanA fascinating spy story, a delicious entertainment, a compelling investigation
—— Simon Sebag-Montefiore , Evening StandardAn extraordinary drama of exile and espionage
—— Boyd Tonkin , IndependentBeevor uses the story to evoke a world - the vague ideological borderlands of Nazism and Communism
—— Felipe Fernández-Armesto , The TimesNo previous biographer has examined Hitler's devilishness in Kershaw's detail ... his book is so comprehensive, so richly documented and so judicious that it will not soon be superseded
—— Daniel Johnson , Daily TelegraphA riveting narrative ... the text positively crackles with fascinating insights and interesting perceptions ... this is unquestionably an outstanding biography
—— Frank McLynn , Herald
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