Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions

Extrait : "« La Bastille, écrivait Sainte-Foix, est un château qui, sans être fort, est un des plus redoutables de l'Europe, et dont je ne dirai rien.

Shakespeare’s Henry IV lamented ‘Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown’.

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Jean-Paul Marat's role in the French Revolution has long been a matter of controversy among historians.

Extrait : "Après la Révolution de juillet, la Chambre des députés s'empressa de voter l'abrogation de la loi du 19 janvier 1816, qui attachait à l'anniversaire du 21 janvier 1793 une commémoration solennelle, prescrivait l'érection d'un monument expiatoire, instituait des services funèbres dans toutes les églises, suspendait l'action de toutes les autorités administratives, et jusqu'à celle des tribunaux.

Every Thursday morning in a living room in Iran, over tea and pastries, eight women meet in secret to discuss forbidden works of Western literature.

A hungry ghost in old Beijing meets his match in a crafty boy.

Paul Revere's midnight ride looms as an almost mythical event in American history--yet it has been largely ignored by scholars and left to patriotic writers and debunkers.

Paul Revere's midnight ride looms as an almost mythical event in American history--yet it has been largely ignored by scholars and left to patriotic writers and debunkers.

The compelling quest to solve a great mystery of the twentieth century: the ultimate fate of Russia's last tsar and his family.

Fully illustrated with colour maps and images, this is an accessible introduction to one of history's most heavily romanticized and mythologized campaigns.

A fascinating look at the British naval intervention in the Baltic in 1918 20, and at the British, Soviet and Baltic nationalist fleets that fought.

A gripping new account of one of the most important and exciting periods of British and Irish history: the reign of the first two Stuart kings, from 1567 to the outbreak of civil war in 1642 - and why ultimately all three of their kingdoms were to rise in rebellion against Stuart rule.

Fully illustrated with colour maps and images, this is an accessible introduction to one of history's most heavily romanticized and mythologized campaigns.

A gripping new account of one of the most important and exciting periods of British and Irish history: the reign of the first two Stuart kings, from 1567 to the outbreak of civil war in 1642 - and why ultimately all three of their kingdoms were to rise in rebellion against Stuart rule.

From the author of 'Edge of Empire' comes a fascinating, thought-provoking and alternative history of the American Revolution - that of those Americans who remained loyal to the British Empire.

Cuatro años antes de la proclamación de la Primera República, en plena efervescencia revolucionaria, Élie Reclus emprende un viaje por España.

Walter Benjamin comparó las revoluciones con la fisión nuclear: un estallido capaz de liberar y multiplicar las energías contenidas en el pasado.

A fascinating insight into the complexity, history and unpredictability of Iraq from Rory Stewart, bestselling author of Politics on the Edge and host of hit podcast The Rest Is Politics.

'This is a very personal book, about being alone and lost'.

A Spectator and Prospect Book of the YearWinner of the American Library in Paris Book Award'An amused, erudite homage to France .

Shah of Shahs depicts the final years of the Shah in Iran, and is a compelling meditation on the nature of revolution and the devastating results of fear.

In March 2004 a group led by Nick Du Toit and former SAS member Simon Mann tried to overthrow the tyrannical Obiang Nguema, president of Equatorial Guinea.

In Blood on the Snow, Robert Service returns to the subject that has formed the backbone of his long and distinguished career: the Russian Revolution.

This political and military history of Paraguay chronicles the dictatorship of General Alfredo Stroessner from 1954 to the coup that overthrew him in 1989.

Partners in life and on canvas, Marc and Bella are immortalised as the picture of romance.

A Times Literary Supplement Book of the YearA riveting account of a forgotten holocaust: the slaughter of over one hundred thousand Ukrainian Jews in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution.

Winner of the RSL Ondaatje PrizeShortlisted for the Guardian First Book AwardEmbark on a perilous journey through war-torn Afghanistan in this moving travelogue by Rory Stewart, bestselling author of Politics on the Edge and co-host of the hit podcast The Rest Is Politics.

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Popular uprisings in Poland and Hungary shake Moscow's hold on its eastern European empire.

The Arab Spring took all of us by surprise.

A 2022 BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: Sunday Times * Irish Times * Spectator * Financial Times * Telegraph * Aspects of History'The history book you need if you want to understand modern Russia' ANNE APPLEBAUM'A magnificent, magisterial thousand year history of Russia .

A 2022 BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: Sunday Times * Irish Times * Spectator * Financial Times * Telegraph * Aspects of History'The history book you need if you want to understand modern Russia' ANNE APPLEBAUM'A magnificent, magisterial thousand year history of Russia .

THE TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2025SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2025'As powerfully intimate as it is politically incendiary' VOGUE'Private Revolutions could be a Netflix series, for family, violence and romance abound' IRISH TIMES'A portrait of China through four women who refused to accept the life laid out for them.

Astonishing Events from the American Revolution That They Dont Teach in School!

THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE BERBICE SLAVE REBELLION Winner of the 2021 Cundill History PrizeWinner of the 2021 Frederick Douglass Prize 'A gripping tale about the human need for freedom .

This is the book on war that Napoleon never had the time or the will to complete.

Nat Turner's name rings through American history with a force all its own.

This is the book on war that Napoleon never had the time or the will to complete.

Due to the level of detail, maps are best viewed on a tablet.

This concise, accessible guide details the events of the period, led by commanders whose names remain a by-word for excellence in leadership to this day: Napoleon and Nelson.

In the mid-19th century India was the focus of Britain's international prestige and commercial power.

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2000.

A brilliant portrait of the Spanish Civil War from our greatest historian of Spain.

A fascinating and comprehensive history, 'Demanding the Impossible' is a challenging and thought-provoking exploration of anarchist ideas and actions from ancient times to the present day.