Re-creation of the terror, grandeur and madness of the French Revolution as seen through the eyes of observers, from letters, diaries, dispatches and official reports -- a wealth of prime source materials that captures the passions and turbulence of the time. Figures such as Louis XVI, Goethe, Comte de Damas, General Henriot who witnessed the death of Robespierre, the maids and valets of the royal family -- all contribute a perspective that is both personal and historical.
The book is authored by a journalist Georges Pernoud of the Paris-Match and a historian Sabine Flaissier of the Archives Nationales in Paris. The preface is written by Andre Maurois. The book was translated by Richard Graves.
Re-creation of the terror, grandeur and madness of the French Revolution as seen through the eyes of observers, from letters, diaries, dispatches and official reports -- a wealth of prime source materials that captures the passions and turbulence of the time. Figures such as Louis XVI, Goethe, Comte de Damas, General Henriot who witnessed the death of Robespierre, the maids and valets of the royal family -- all contribute a perspective that is both personal and historical.
The book is authored by a journalist Georges Pernoud of the Paris-Match and a historian Sabine Flaissier of the Archives Nationales in Paris. The preface is written by Andre Maurois. The book was translated by Richard Graves.