The French Revolution /
Sean Connolly.
- Chicago, Ill. : Heinemann Library, c2003.
- 56 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
- Witness to history .
- Witness to history (Heinemann Library (Firm)) .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 53) and index.
Introduction -- How do we know? -- The Old System -- Election fever -- The National Assembly -- The Tennis Court Oath -- The king responds -- Storming the Bastille -- Confusion and order -- The Rights of Man -- Defining the new country -- Controlling the king -- Calls for war -- The "September Massacres" -- The king is dead -- Wars on all fronts -- The Committee of Public Safety -- The Reign of Terror -- The fall of Robespierre -- The Directory -- The rise of Napoleon -- Transforming the Revolution -- What have we learned from the French Revolution?