The Oxford History of the French Revolution Third Edition [Paperback]

Since its first publication to mark the bicentenary of the French Revolution in 1989, this Oxford History has established itself as the Revolution's most authoritative and comprehensive one-volume history in English, and has recently been translated into Chinese. Running from the accession of Louis XVI in 1774, it traces the history of France through revolution, terror, and counter-revolution to the final triumph of Napoleon in 1802. It also analyses the impact of events in France upon the rest of Europe and the world beyond. The study shows how a movement which began with optimism and general enthusiasm soon became a tragedy, not only for the ruling orders, but also for the millions of ordinary people whose lives were disrupted by religious upheaval, economic chaos, and civil and international war.

Now in its third edition, this volume has been fully updated in the light of current research, and includes an appendix surveying the past and present historiography of the revolutionary period.

1. France under Louis XVI
2. Enlightened Opinion
3. Crisis and Collapse, 1776-1788
4. The Estates-General, September 1788-July 1789
5. The Principles of 1789 and the Reform of France
6. The Breakdown of the Revolutionary Consensus, 1790-1791
7. Europe and the Revolution, 1788-1791
8. The Republican Revolution, October 1791-January 1793
9. War against Europe, 1792-1797
10. The Revolt of the Provinces
11. Government by Terror, 1793-1794
12. Thermidor, 1794-1795
13. Counter-Revolution, 1789-1795
14. The Directory, 1795-1799
15. Occupied Europe, 1794-1799
16. An End to Revolution, 1799-1802
17. The Revolution in Perspective
Notes
Appendices
Index

Emeritus Professor of History and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bristol,William Doylewas educated at Bridlington School and Oriel College Oxford. His postgraduate work culminated in a doctorate on Bordeaux in the Eighteenth Century, lÂ