Subject: France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 (Keywords)

1792. A tyrannical government is determined to make England a mighty commercial empire. In France, Napoleon Bonaparte begins his rise to power, and with dissent rife, France's neighbours are on high alert. Unprecedented industrial change sweeps the land, making the lives of the workers in Kingsbr...

Severine de Cabrillac, orphan of the French revolution and sometime British intelligence agent, has tried to leave spying behind her. Now she devotes herself to investigating crimes in London and finding justice for the wrongly accused. Raoul Deverney, an enigmatic half-Spaniard with enough secre...

In this biography, David Lawday, author of the acclaimed 'Napoleon's Master', turns his focus to the life of Georges-Jacques Danton, tragic hero incarnate.

Cat Royal finds herself homeless, travels to Paris, becomes an underground reporter, nearly gets hung for being a traitor to the revolution, and is baffled by attention from numerous suitors - all the while being disguised as a prissy ballerina! As the French Royal family flee, Cat discovers the ...

Eleanor, once a lowly English maid, is now a member of the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel, know for their daring deeds and rescuing aristocrat vampires from the guillotine. Eleanor and the League are investigating the disappearance of Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, the notorious French statesman...

Each title in this series examines a major historical watershed. The books recount the chain of circumstances leading up to the event and the repercussions, both intermediate and long term.

This volume gives a new perspective on the French Revolution, based on the evidence of a cache of letters. Central in this new evidence is the Baron de Breteuil who orchestrated doomed escape plans and co-ordinated the response to the revolution.

Paris, 1792: Henrietta - an Englishwoman alone amidst the French Revolution. Grace - former mistress to the highest rulers in France. Agnes - the current mistress, who will stop at nothing to keep her place in the palace. Together, the three women will engage in a deadly triangle of rivalry and ...

Paris, 1792: Henrietta - an Englishwoman alone amidst the French Revolution. Grace - former mistress to the highest rulers in France. Agnes - the current mistress, who will stop at nothing to keep her place in the palace. Together, the three women will engage in a deadly triangle of rivalry and ...