Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution (2nd edition)

There are many popular representations of the French Revolution – Paris, the guillotine, Marie Antoinette, Robespierre – but historical fact is more complex than the half-truths told in fiction and film. For the who, what, when and why of the first “modern” revolution, Paul R. Hanson has updated his historical dictionary, first published in 2004, to include 80 new entries on the subject. Part of the growing series Historical Dictionaries of War, Revolution and Civil Unrest, the French Revolution is perhaps an appropriate starting point, as “the most examined event, or period, in world history”, that brought about many...