Vive la Revolution: A Stand-up History of the French Revolution
By Mark Steel.
Description
“Thank goodness . . . for Mark Steel. Engagingly lighthearted while clearly thorough, the author has taken the events of the French Revolution and given them a human face, as well as neatly poking fun at the over-pomposity with which our recent historians have dealt with the period.”—The Observer “With Vive La Revolution [Steel] examines the raw material of 1789, not so much in search of laughs as in an attempt to reclaim the first popular revolution from the dry historians.”—Scotsman “A cross between a history of the French Revolution and a spiri...
ISBN(s)
193185937X, 9781931859370
