{"product_id":"the-french-revolution-gordon-j-mackenzie-9798185650837","title":"The French Revolution: Power, Terror, and the Fall of the Monarchy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe French Revolution did not begin with the guillotine. It began with debt, hunger, privilege, failed reform, political fear, and a monarchy that could no longer command belief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cb\u003eThe French Revolution: Power, Terror, and the Fall of the Monarchy\u003c\/b\u003e, Gordon J. MacKenzie places one of history's most explosive upheavals on trial. Using the structure of a courtroom case, the book examines the Old Regime, Louis XVI, the Estates-General, the National Assembly, Paris and the crowd, the Church, Varennes, war, the fall of the monarchy, the king's execution, the Terror, Robespierre, and the rise of Napoleon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWas the Revolution a necessary assault on privilege, or did it unleash a new machinery of fear? Was Louis XVI a doomed reformer, a weak king, or a political danger? Did the Terror save the Republic, or corrupt the Revolution's promise beyond repair?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClear, forceful, and accessible, this book follows the evidence from Versailles to the Bastille, from the National Assembly to the scaffold, and from revolutionary idealism to military empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA dramatic work of historical nonfiction for readers interested in the French Revolution, monarchy, political violence, the Reign of Terror, Robespierre, Napoleon, and the birth of modern politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gordon J. MacKenzie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798185650837\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 500\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.24d","brand":"Gordon J. MacKenzie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49174207627519,"sku":"9798185650837","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-french-revolution-gordon-j-mackenzie-9798185650837","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}