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Praise for Princeton's previous editions: [M]uch more than a history of 1789... [A] synthesis, conveying a philosophy of the Revolution as a whole, such as could be written only by a seasoned scholar... The smooth, careful translation preserves the literary merit of the French prose. --American Historical Review

Simply the best introduction to the study of the French Revolution available anywhere. --Nation A pleasure to read... Lefebvre sets forth clearly the many causes of that insurrection and explains the influences exerted by the various classes and factions--the nobles and the clergy, on the one side, and the bourgeoisie and the peasantry on the other. --New Yorker Much more than a history of 1789... [A] synthesis, conveying a philosophy of the Revolution as a whole, such as could be written only by a seasoned scholar. --American Historical Review

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Georges Lefebvre (18741959) was one of the most important twentieth-century historians of the French Revolution. His books include The Great Fear of 1789: Rural Panic in Revolutionary France (Princeton). R. R. Palmer (19092002) was professor emeritus of history at Yale University and a guest scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Timothy Tackett is professor emeritus of history at the University of California, Irvine.

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