Books on the French revolution

limnam

I'm currently listening to

Living the French Revolution and the Age of Napoleon lecture series

Does anyone have any other recommendations for good books on the French Revolution ?

Manach

For a primary source, there is Edmund Burke's Reflections.
For a short guide, the Very Short Introduction series has a text on it.
From a perspective of one the key actors, "Fatal Purity: Robespierre and the French Revolution" by Ruth Scurr is one the best books I've read on the subject.

Full Marx

I suggest the following two books which I found thought provoking and interesting:


https://www.versobooks.com/books/2028-in-defence-of-the-terror



https://www.versobooks.com/books/2263-a-people-s-history-of-the-french-revolution

bobbyss

Citizens by Simon Schama. Haven't read it but it is well thought of.

ilkhanid

Then there's the books of George Rudé that I used back in my Uni days and still useful:Revolutionary Europe, 1783-1815 and The French Revolution.

bigsmokeintern

Robert Darnton is v good on intellectual/cultural/social history leading up to the revolution - The Great Cat Massacre, The Business of Enlightenment,
The Literary Underground of the Old Regime, The Kiss of Lamourette, The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Prerevolutionary France.

Daily life during the French Revolution (a starting point): https://books.google.ie/books/about/Daily_Life_During_the_French_Revolution.html?id=XAjhcHjfUisC&redir_esc=

Tons of original sources: http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/

patsman07

The English comedian Mark Steel has written a book about it. 'Vive La Revolution' if I remember correctly. I found it very readable.