Written with all the pace of a novel, this masterly book provides a detailed and vivid account of the French Revolution. J.M. Thompson brings to life as no other historian before or since the events of the time and the aspirations, hopes and fears of those who lived through it, from the holding of the Estates-General in 1789 to the fall of Robespierre in 1794. For many years J.M. Thompson's elegantly written book has been one of the most authoritative studies of the French Revolution. It is now reissued with a new and up-to-date bibliography.