Hippolyte TaineVerified

The first volume of a history of the French Revolution. It opens with scarce food and rising prices in the late 1780s, which fuel riots and unrest in Paris and lead up to the storming of the Bastille.

A study of the social and political structures of France before the Revolution of 1789. It examines the privileges and roles of the clergy, the nobility and the monarchy, and how they shaped society.