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  • File Size: 1858 KB
  • Print Length: 384 pages
  • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (July 10, 2012)
  • Publication Date: July 10, 2012
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  • Language: English
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4.0 out of 5 starsA Fine Narrative
By Paul J. Rask on May 20, 2000
Format: Paperback
Christopher Hibbert's fine narrative about the French Revolution is an excellent way for the general reader to learn the essentials of the keystone event of modern European history. But for the French Revolution there would have been no Napoleon. But for the French Revolution there probably would never have been a Russian Revolution. But those are not the themes which play in the background of Mr. Hibbert's most-readable history. He lays out the panorama of the Days of the French Revolution in such such a way that one who wishes to know more about that great event can read about it -- cover-to-cover and then put this book down with satisfaction. At last the general reader will fully understand what is meant by "Thermidor", will sympathize with the unfortunate Louis XVI and come away with a new appreciation of his beautiful and misunderstood wife, Marie Antoinette.
The complicated personality of the tragic Robespierre enters the drama at the time appointed by history and Mr. Hibbert gives this austere, no-nonsense rascal his proper place at center stage. There is enough of a biography of him to round him out so that the reader can reach some conclusions as to how the Days of Terror came about under Robespierre's auspices.
The days of the French Revolution teemed with a multitude of monumental historical events crammed into a mere few years. Royalty was executed, wars were fought, governments fell, freedoms simmered, flourished and faded; all was turmoil. It is a wonder in this avalanche of world-shaking events how any writer could manage to sort them out and play them before the reader's eyes so engrossingly. But Mr. Hibbert does it and he does it well in this book that I can highly recommend.
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5.0 out of 5 stars1790s Paris, You Are There
By lisatheratgirl on March 22, 2001
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This is a great book to learn about the French Revolution. It's full of interesting characters and packed with nonstop action. The author doesn't analyze or judge from the vantage point of an armchair 200 years later. If you want to know what sort of people Marie Antoinette, Robespierre, Marat, Danton, and other names from history were, you'll hear it from their friends, enemies, relatives, neighbors, servants and clients. You get the feel for what it was like to be a lawyer, butcher, restaurateur, farmer, journalist in 18th-century France. You'll find out what it was really like to be imprisoned in the Bastille, to be pounding on your husband's locked door while a mob was trying to break your bedroom door down, to get up on a table and address a a riotous crowd for the first time in your life, and even what it felt, looked and sounded like to be guillotined. The author doesn't intrude on the story at all; he lets the facts speak for themselves. He doesn't moralize, you reach your own conclusions about what happens when mob rule takes over, when violence generates more violence, and the rules of law and order are abandoned. This is one of the best written history books I've read in a long time, as absorbing as any novel. I'd have hated to miss it and it's a great way to learn.
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat Place to Start
By Ross Prather on January 22, 2006
Format: Paperback
I wanted to read about the French Revolution, and began with "Citizens," by Simon Schama. It is a fine book, but I got bogged down in the details, and was losing the essence of the events. 300 pages in, and still going through the details of the economic environment, I put down "Citizens" and picked up Hibbert's book. It was beautifully written, and quite consistent with the highly-academic "Citizens." But, frankly, Hibbert was much more enjoyable to read.

A note to those who are not adverse to detailed history: Schama has many favorable reviews on this site, and well-deserved. But you might want to start with Hibbert, then go to Schama, with LeFebvre's slim work as a side read.
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4.0 out of 5 starsGood Place to Start
By John C. Bradley, Jr. on April 23, 2002
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I read this book several years after reading Simon Schama's "Citizens," which is one of my favorite all time books. This book is much more of an overview of the French Revolution than Schama's book and is probabably a better place to start. While "Citizens" does more to place the French Revolution in the context of its time, Hibbert's book is more of a traditional narrative history. Still, its well written and extremely entertaining (like most of Hibbert's books) and I would recommend it to anyone wanting to get a good overview of the people and events of the French Revolution.
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4.0 out of 5 starsDepends on what you are looking for...
By Brian C. on August 20, 2010
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I will start with what this book does well. Christopher Hibbert is an excellent writer, and his reliance on first hand accounts allows him to create a very vivid and exciting narrative. If you are already relatively familiar with the events of the French Revolution and are simply looking for a good read then this is easily a five star book.

There are some drawbacks to Hibbert's book, however, for those who are not already familiar with the French Revolution and who are looking for a basic introduction.

First, as the title suggests, Hibbert's narrative revolves around certain important days of the French Revolution, including (but not limited to) the storming of the Bastille, the flight of the King, the September prison massacres, the terror, the arrest and execution of Robespierre, and the assumption of power by Napoleon. These episodes are told in great detail but Hibbert does not provide a unified narrative connecting these various episodes.

Second, Hibbert focuses almost entirely on days of violence. Hibbert does not pay much attention to debates taking place in the Conventions or assemblies, to the ideas that animated the revolutionaries, to the economic or social realities of the time, or to the social and political reforms enacted. Instead his narrative focuses, in often brutal and gory detail, on the atrocities committed during the Revolution. You get the feeling that Hibbert does not have much sympathy with the revolutionaries. While this is certainly one side of the revolution, and an important one, it is not the only side. It also gets a bit repetitive reading over and over about out of control mobs cutting people's heads off and displaying them on pikes.Read more ›
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