A Short History of the French Revolution - Paperback

by Jeremy D. Popkin (Author)

A Short History of the French Revolution is an up-to-date survey of the French Revolution and Napoleonic era that introduces readers to the origins and events of this turbulent period in French history, and historians' interpretations of these events.

Author Biography

Jeremy D. Popkin is the William T. Bryan Chair of History at the University of Kentucky (Lexington, Kentucky, USA). In addition to his new comprehensive history, A New World Begins: The Story of the French Revolution, he has published Revolutionary News: The Press in France, 1789-1799, You Are All Free: The Haitian Revolution and the Abolition of Slavery, and History of Modern France.