French Revolution

Spartacus is the world’s most famous slave, and one of the most notorious figures of Ancient Rome. A slave enamored of freedom and willing to fight and die for it, he became especially popular in the years following the Enlightenment....

When not assuming her secret identity as a hero of the French Revolution, Scarlet presents herself as a fashionable, featherbrained young widow flitting about London. In truth, this façade is merely a diversion designed to conceal her clandestine work in France....

The Rights of Man defended the French Revolution’s values of freedom, equality, and brotherhood. Paine argued that a government based on justice ought to support mankind’s civil rights relating to security and protection, as well as liberty, and freedom of conscience....

Where Tom Clancy meets Napoleon Philippe Bornet, the brilliant author of this historical novel, a story of military strategy and written in true ...

In his college war course, Dr. Shermer mixes straight narrative history with science, philosophy, and theory as to the causes and solutions to war....

Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette are among France's most famous royalty, but for reasons they would have much rather avoided....

The year is 1789. France is reeling under the impact of a civil war between its social classes. When a secret agent from Rome joins forces with a vindictive politician bent on revenge, the stage is set for an explosive outcome that will shake the country to its core....

It is an era that redefined history. As the 1790s began, America teetered on the brink of oblivion, Russia towered as a vast imperial power, and France plunged into monumental revolution....

This classic book of love, terror, and political cruelty reveals the true conditions of London and Paris during the last-half of the 18th century....

William Hazlitt is one of the foremost writers of the English language. His fame as a critic, essayist, and social commentator ranks with the likes of Samuel Johnson and George Orwell....

"100 Quotes by Jean de la Fontaine" uncovers one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. In this impressive collection...

In The Age of Revolution, renowned British Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm focuses on the historical period from the end of the 18th century to the middle of the 19th....

How do individuals change the course of history? How can a single nation cause unimaginable changes worldwide? Find out....

In the 18th century, Italy was still divided into smaller states but differently than during medieval times when the political entities were independent and were flourishing economic and cultural centers, almost unrivaled in Europe....

William Hazlitt is one of the foremost writers of the English language. His fame as a critic, essayist, and social commentator ranks with the likes of Samuel Johnson and George Orwell....

What drives someone to become a suicide bomber? Who are al-Qaeda and what do they want....

Sparked by the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars became one of the largest European conflicts in history as Napoleon fought to expand his French Empire. The wars were instrumental in the formation of Europe as we know it today, and confirmed Britain's dominance as a seafaring nation....

Charles Dickens' classic story, A Tale of Two Cities, is set before and during the French Revolution. The people are divided not only by class but by war....

Uncover one of the most influential figures in French literature with "100 Quotes by François-René de Chateaubriand". French writer...

From its opening amid the horrors of the French Revolution....