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Fearing an invasion by the soldiers of the French Revolution, and then by those of the Emperor, the British set up a war-time administration and economy from 1793 onwards, renewing their management, their methods and their industry. A new elite came to power with a 24-year-old Prime minister...
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L'organisation de la victoire 1793-1815
Roger Knight
Daniel Verheyde
The French monarchy as you have never seen it before: discover all the secrets of the royal finances and the origins of a public scandal during the Revolution.
La monarchie dévoilée
Benoît Carré
A gripping insight into the daily workings of a central revolutionary body, where the First Republic was shaped day after day.
Le Comité de Législation de la Convention nationale
Jean d'Andlau
The second period of the precious diary by Pierre-Louis-Nicolas Delahaye (1745-1805), school master at Silly-en-Multien (Oise), covers the crucial 1792-1803 era from the Convention to the Consulate. As a shrewd observer and local actor, the author bears witness in a very vivid way to the emergence of the Revolution in the village while revealing...
2e période 1792-1803. Silly-en-Multien, de la Convention au Consulat
Pierre-Louis-Nicolas Delahaye, Jacques Bernet
Revolutions are also conducted by words. Since the end of the 18th century, in France, as in Europe and Latin America, reinterpreting the political and social order is a way of condemning and rejecting the current system, but also to be inspired and claim historical precedents. Thus, revolutions appear as unique moments of rethinking the past.
XVIIIe – XXe siècle
Sylvie Aprile, Hervé Leuwers
