Revolución Francesa

In this edition, the editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica examine France in the Age of Enlightenment, leading up to the causes of the French Revolution....

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens is one of the most popular books of all time. The novel is set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution....

The French Revolution was a period of considerable political and social change in France that started in 1789 with the starting of the Estates General and ended in the month of November 1799 with the development of the French Consulate....

After 1660, English governments aimed to convert scattered overseas dominions into a coordinated territorial power base. Stuart monarchs encouraged schemes for expansion in America, Africa, and Asia, tightened control over existing territories, and endorsed systems of slave labor....

On April 18, 1775, a riot over the price of flour broke out in the French city of Dijon. That night, across the Atlantic, Paul Revere mounted a horse and kicked it into a gallop....

Jean Valjean, an ex-convict, tries to turn his life around for the sake of his adopted daughter, Cosette....

Paris, 1792 and the French Revolution. The guillotine claims lives each day. But working in ever-changing disguise is the Scarlet Pimpernel and his band of meddlesome Englishmen....

A spaceship mechanic has no place in a fairy tale. But now Zen Sienna finds herself in a beautiful palace being courted by the ruler of vast lands....

Charles Dickens takes us to the year 1775, where England and France are undergoing a period of social upheaval and turmoil....

A mesmerizing debut novel that spans a thousand years of European and Jewish history seen through the beguiling members of the Spinoza family....

A family scattered to the winds by the French Revolution struggles to find its destiny in a Europe threatened by Napoleon....

In You Say You Want a Revolution?, Daniel Chirot examines a wide range of right- and left-wing revolutions around the world - from the late 18th century to today - to provide important new answers to these critical questions....

Set after the French Revolution, the story follows the life of Rene Bernard, an up-and-coming artist who will later be known as one of the greatest artists of the Bohemian era....

New York Times best-selling author Sena Jeter Naslund explores the transformative power of art, history, and love in the lives of creative women....

Napoléon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), usually referred to as simply Napoleon in English, was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution....

This audiobook provides a concise and proper portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte's character and career. Napoleon as he was - not saint, not sinner, but a man dedicated to and ultimately devoured by his vision of himself, his empire, and his world....

Spartacus is the world’s most famous slave, and one of the most notorious figures of Ancient Rome. A slave enamored of freedom and willing to fight and die for it, he became especially popular in the years following the Enlightenment....

This audiobook narrated by Kristin Atherton provides a fascinating portrait of a radical age through the writers associated with a London publisher and bookseller—from William Wordsworth and Mary Wollstonecraft to Benjamin Franklin....

How do individuals change the course of history? How can a single nation cause unimaginable changes worldwide? Find out....

"The Scarlet Pimpernel" is a historical spy adventure set during the Reign of Terror following the start of the French Revolution...