
His startling conclusions redefine and illuminate both the experience and the legacy of France’s transformative age of revolution. Enhanced with evocative stories of those who struggled to cope in unpredictable times, McPhee’s deeply researched book investigates the changing personal, social, and cultural world of the eighteenth century. He acknowledges the key revolutionary events that unfolded in Paris, yet also uncovers the varying experiences of French citizens outside the gates of the city: the provincial men and women whose daily lives were altered-or not-by developments in the capital. Was the Revolution a major turning point in French-even world-history, or was it instead a protracted period of violent upheaval and warfare that wrecked millions of lives? McPhee evaluates the Revolution within a genuinely global context: Europe, the Atlantic region, and even farther. During this time, many of perched villages were created on hilltops, ridges and the rocky outcrops on the sides of the mountains. The French Republican Calendar or French Revolutionary Calendar was a calendar created and implemented during the French Revolution, and used by the French. In this provocative new history, Peter McPhee draws on a lifetime’s study of eighteenth-century France and Europe to create an entirely fresh account of the world’s first great modern revolution-its origins, drama, complexity, and significance. From 476, the fall of the Roman Empire, to the late 15th century was a key period of development for the Beyond region. Some writers contrast the arbitrariness of the old regime with the desire. It was a seismic event that radically transformed France and launched shock waves across the world. The French Revolution violently transformed France from a monarchy with rigid.

The French Revolution has fascinated, perplexed, and inspired for more than two centuries. A strikingly new account of the impact of the French Revolution in Paris, across the French countryside, and around the globe
