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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: A HISTORY

by Thomas Carlyle
Introduction by John D. Rosenberg
Biographical note © 2002 by Random House, Inc.
Introduction © 2002 by John D. Rosenberg

Table of Contents:

• Biographical Note
• Introduction by John D. Rosenberg
• The French Revolution
  • Thomas Carlyle
  • Chronological Summary of the French Revolution
• VOLUME I.  THE BASTILLE
  • BOOK 1. DEATH OF LOUIS XV
    • Chapter 1. Louis the Well-Beloved
    • Chapter 2. Realised Ideals
    • Chapter 3. Viaticum
    • Chapter 4. Louis the Unforgotten
  • BOOK II.  THE PAPER AGE
    • Chapter 1. Astraea Redux
    • Chapter 2. Petition in Hieroglyphs
    • Chapter 3. Questionable
    • Chapter 4. Maurepas
    • Chapter 5. Astraea Redux without Cash
    • Chapter 6. Windbags
    • Chapter 7. Contrat Social
    • Chapter 8. Printed Paper
  • BOOK III.  THE PARLEMENT OF PARIS
    • Chapter 1. Dishonoured Bills
    • Chapter 2. Controller Calonne
    • Chapter 3. The Notables
    • Chapter 4. Lomenie's Edicts
    • Chapter 5. Lomenie's Thunderbolts
    • Chapter 6. Lomenie's Plots
    • Chapter 7. Internecine
    • Chapter 8. Lomenie's Death-throes
    • Chapter 9. Burial with Bonfire
  • BOOK IV.  STATES-GENERAL
    • Chapter 1. The Notables Again
    • Chapter 2. The Election
    • Chapter 3. Grown Electric
    • Chapter 4. The Procession
  • BOOK V.  THE THIRD ESTATE
    • Chapter 1. Inertia
    • Chapter 2. Mercury de Breze
    • Chapter 3. Broglie the War-God
    • Chapter 4. To Arms!
    • Chapter 5. Give us Arms
    • Chapter 6. Storm and Victory
    • Chapter 7. Not a Revolt
    • Chapter 8. Conquering your King
    • Chapter 9. The Lanterne
  • Book VI.  CONSOLIDATION
    • Chapter 1. Make the Constitution
    • Chapter 2. The Constituent Assembly
    • Chapter 3. The General Overturn
    • Chapter 4. In Queue
    • Chapter 5. The Fourth Estate
  • BOOK VII.  THE INSURRECTION OF WOMEN
    • Chapter 1. Patrollotism
    • Chapter 2. O Richard, O my King
    • Chapter 3. Black Cockades
    • Chapter 4. The Menads
    • Chapter 5. Usher Maillard
    • Chapter 6. To Versailles
    • Chapter 7. At Versailles
    • Chapter 8. The Equal Diet
    • Chapter 9. Lafayette
    • Chapter 10. The Grand Entries
    • Chapter 11. From Versailles
• VOLUME II.  THE CONSTITUTION
  • BOOK I.  THE FEAST OF PIKES
    • Chapter 1. In the Tuileries
    • Chapter 2. In the Salle de Manege
    • Chapter 3. The Muster
    • Chapter 4. Journalism
    • Chapter 5. Clubbism
    • Chapter 6. Je le jure
    • Chapter 7. Prodigies
    • Chapter 8. Solemn League and Covenant
    • Chapter 9. Symbolic
    • Chapter 10. Mankind
    • Chapter 11. As in the Age of Gold
    • Chapter 12. Sound and Smoke
  • BOOK II.  NANCI
    • Chapter 1. Bouille
    • Chapter 2. Arrears and Aristocrats
    • Chapter 3. Bouille at Metz
    • Chapter 4. Arrears at Nanci
    • Chapter 5. Inspector Malseigne
    • Chapter 6. Bouille at Nanci
  • BOOK III.  THE TUILERIES
    • Chapter 1. Epimenides
    • Chapter 2. The Wakeful
    • Chapter 3. Sword in Hand
    • Chapter 4. To fly or not to fly
    • Chapter 5. The Day of Poniards
    • Chapter 6. Mirabeau
    • Chapter 7. Death of Mirabeau
  • BOOK IV.  VARENNES
    • Chapter 1. Easter at Saint-Cloud
    • Chapter 2. Easter at Paris
    • Chapter 3. Count Fersen
    • Chapter 4. Attitude
    • Chapter 5. The New Berline
    • Chapter 6. Old-Dragoon Drouet
    • Chapter 7. The Night of Spurs
    • Chapter 8. The Return
    • Chapter 9. Sharp Shot
  • BOOK V.  PARLIAMENT FIRST
    • Chapter 1. Grande Acceptation
    • Chapter 2. The Book of the Law
    • Chapter 3. Avignon
    • Chapter 4. No Sugar
    • Chapter 5. Kings and Emigrants
    • Chapter 6. Brigands and Jales
    • Chapter 7. Constitution will not march
    • Chapter 8. The Jacobins
    • Chapter 9. Minister Roland
    • Chapter 10. Petion-National-Pique
    • Chapter 11. The Hereditary Representative
    • Chapter 12. Procession of the Black Breeches
  • BOOK VI.  THE MARSEILLESE
    • Chapter 1. Executive that does not act
    • Chapter 2. Let us march
    • Chapter 3. Some Consolation to Mankind
    • Chapter 4. Subterranean
    • Chapter 5. At Dinner
    • Chapter 6. The Steeples at Midnight
    • Chapter 7. The Swiss
    • Chapter 8. Constitution burst in Pieces
• VOLUME III.  THE GUILLOTINE
  • BOOK I.  SEPTEMBER
    • Chapter 1. The Improvised Commune
    • Chapter 2. Danton
    • Chapter 3. Dumouriez
    • Chapter 4. September in Paris
    • Chapter 5. A Trilogy
    • Chapter 6. The Circular
    • Chapter 7. September in Argonne
    • Chapter 8. Exeunt
  • BOOK II.  REGICIDE
    • Chapter 1. The Deliberative
    • Chapter 2. The Executive
    • Chapter 3. Discrowned
    • Chapter 4. The Loser pays
    • Chapter 5. Stretching of Formulas
    • Chapter 6. At the Bar
    • Chapter 7. The Three Votings
    • Chapter 8. Place de la Revolution
  • BOOK III.  THE GIRONDINS
    • Chapter 1. Cause and Effect
    • Chapter 2. Culottic and Sansculottic
    • Chapter 3. Growing shrill
    • Chapter 4. Fatherland in Danger
    • Chapter 5. Sansculottism Accoutred
    • Chapter 6. The Traitor
    • Chapter 7. In Fight
    • Chapter 8. In Death-Grips
    • Chapter 9. Extinct
  • BOOK IV.  TERROR
    • Chapter 1. Charlotte Corday
    • Chapter 2. In Civil War
    • Chapter 3. Retreat of the Eleven
    • Chapter 4. O Nature
    • Chapter 5. Sword of Sharpness
    • Chapter 6. Risen against Tyrants
    • Chapter 7. Marie-Antoinette
    • Chapter 8. The Twenty-two
  • BOOK V.  TERROR THE ORDER OF THE DAY
    • Chapter 1. Rushing down
    • Chapter 2. Death
    • Chapter 3. Destruction
    • Chapter 4. Carmagnole complete
    • Chapter 5. Like a Thunder-Cloud
    • Chapter 6. Do thy Duty
    • Chapter 7. Flame-Picture
  • BOOK VI.  THERMIDOR
    • Chapter 1. The Gods are athirst
    • Chapter 2. Danton, No weakness
    • Chapter 3. The Tumbrils
    • Chapter 4. Mumbo-Jumbo
    • Chapter 5. The Prisons
    • Chapter 6. To finish the Terror
    • Chapter 7. Go down to
  • BOOK VII.  VENDEMIAIRE
    • Chapter 1. Decadent
    • Chapter 2. La Cabarus
    • Chapter 3. Quiberon
    • Chapter 4. Lion not dead
    • Chapter 5. Lion sprawling its last
    • Chapter 6. Grilled Herrings
    • Chapter 7. The Whiff of Grapeshot
• INDEX