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Everybody knows that the French Revolution started with the storming of the Bastille (1789) and went through a period of terror (1793-94). This book is worth reading because Soboul makes it clear that the French Revolution was a complicated affair, with many swings of the political pendulum. He explains why the Ancien Régime failed and why the terror period happened. He looks at the tumultuous events from the economic, political and social angle. The motivations of each class – the nobility, the clergy, the bourgeosie and the sans-culottes – are meticulously recounted, supported by empirical data.The eventful and bloody period…
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