This volume, comprising Part I of the authors classic work Revolutionary France 1770-1880, offers a vivid narrative and radical reinterpretation of the years surrounding the momentous events of 1789 and their aftermath. During this period there were not one, but two revolutions: by intent the first was egalitarian, the second- Bonapartes authoritarian. The tension between the two characterized the period and was to shape the Republic that eventually emerged from the ruins of the ancien regime.Contents:1. The Ancien Regime 32. The Revolution of 1789: 1787-1791 413. The Jacobin Republic: 1791-1794 1014. The Thermidorian Republic: 1794-1799 1515. Napoleon Bonaparte: 1799-1814 211Appendix 1: Chronological Table 267Appendix 2: The Republican Calendar for Year II (1793-1794) 283Bibliography 284Glossary 307