The Days of the French Revolution

by Christopher Hibbert

Publisher:

William Morrow Paperbacks

, 2012

Overview

A “well-written, lucid, and vivid" recounting of the battles, beheadings, and other dramatic events that changed modern history ( The Washington Post).
 
Works from  Les Miserables by Victor Hugo to  Citizens by Simon Schama have been inspired by the French Revolution. 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 storming of the Bastille to the doomed court of Louis XVI, the salon of Madame Roland, and even the boudoir of Marie Antoinette. Christopher Hibbert, author of The House of Medici and other histories and biographies, recounts the events that swirled around Napoleon, Mirabeau, Danton, Marat, and Robespierre with eyewitness accounts and his “usual grace and flair for divulging interesting detail" ( Booklist).
 
“A remarkably good writer." — The New York Times
 
Includes illustrations

 

Product Details

• Title: The Days of the French Revolution
• Author: Christopher Hibbert
• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Print Publication Date: 2012
• Logos Release Date: 2024
• Pages: 357
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Ebook
• ISBNs: 9780062228185, 9780688169787, 0688169783, 0062228188
• Resource ID: LLS:9780062228185
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2026-04-13T12:45:01Z

About Christopher Hibbert

Christopher Hibbert has written more than fifty acclaimed books, including The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici and Rome: The Biography of a City. A leading popular historian whose works reflect meticulous scholarship, he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He is married with three children and lives in Oxfordshire.