Princeton Classics: Twelve Who Ruled: The Year of Terror in the French Revolution (Paperback)

from ihardlynoah

Palmer is rightly considered among the leading historians of the French Revolution. Twelve Who Ruled is an exceptional history of the Terror, managing to provide great depth and context while at the same time keeping the reader engaged. Though the Terror is an immensely political and fraught subj...

from AlanEJohnson

This is an excellent account by a premiere twentieth-century historian.

from lautremont5

if all histories were this good the world would be a better place.

from Devil_llama

A very enlightening history of the Reign of Terror that followed the French Revolution. It begins with the rise of the Jacobins, and ends with the fall of Robespierre. A very detailed book, full of insights for anyone who wants to delve deeper into the motivating factors behind this particular ep...

from ihardlynoah

Palmer is rightly considered among the leading historians of the French Revolution. Twelve Who Ruled is an exceptional history of the Terror, managing to provide great depth and context while at the same time keeping the reader engaged. Though the Terror is an immensely political and fraught subj...