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The French Revolution and What Went Wrong

The French Revolution and What Went Wrong

An entertaining and eye-opening look at the French Revolution, by Stephen Clarke, author of 1000 Years of Annoying the French and A Year in the Merde.

The French Revolution and What Went Wrong looks back at the French Revolution and how it’s surrounded in a myth. In 1789, almost no one in France wanted to oust the king, let alone guillotine him. But things quickly escalated until there was no turning back.

The French Revolution and What Went Wrong looks at what went wrong and why France would be better off if they had kept their monarchy.

Reviews

  • "Tremendously entertaining"

    The Sunday Times (on 1000 Years of Annoying the French)

  • "Combines Clarke’s brand of jaunty, bawdy humour with being genuinely informative about French history"

    Spectator (on Dirty Bertie: an English King Made in France)

  • "Outrageously readable … based on extensive research with a wealth of enticing detail"

    Daily Mail (on How The French Won Waterloo - or Think They Did)

  • "A roundly entertaining alternative history"

    The Bookseller

  • "Making use of original speeches, eye-witness accounts and newspaper articles, [Clarke] gives a real flavour of the period"

    FRANCE Magazine

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About the Author

Stephen Clarke

Stephen Clarke lives in Paris, where he divides his time between writing and not writing. His Merde novels have been bestsellers all over the world, including France. His non-fiction books include Talk to the Snail, an insider's guide to understanding the French; How the French Won Waterloo (or Think They Did), an amused look at France's continuing obsession with Napoleon; Dirty Bertie: An English King Made in France, a biography of Edward VII; and 1000 Years of Annoying the French, which was a number one bestseller in Britain. Research for The French Revolution and What Went Wrong took him deep into French archives in search of the actual words, thoughts and deeds of the revolutionaries and royalists of 1789. He has now re-emerged to ask modern Parisians why they have forgotten some of the true democratic heroes of the period, and opted to idolize certain maniacs. Follow Stephen on @SClarkeWriter and www.stephenclarkewriter.com

Stephen Clarke

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