About the Author
François Furet is Director of Studies at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, and Professor of History at the University of Chicago. He is considered throughout the world to be the most outstanding living historian of the French Revolution.
Features
* Offers concise, classic interpretation of the causes, course and outcome of the French Revolution.
* Written by the leading international historian of the period.
* Provides readers with a critical perspective on the historiography of the subject.