A classic work written by an outstanding English historian in 1837 was published in Russian in 1907, and is now being reissued for the 200th anniversary of the Great French Revolution.
It became famous thanks to the combination of historically accurate descriptions with an extraordinary force of artistic depiction of a great historical drama—its characters and events.
The book is full of vivid sketches of daily life, customs, and characters, along with insightful assessments of representatives of French society.
Part 1. The Bastille
Part 2. The Constitution
Part 3. The Guillotine