The Fourteenth of July: And the Taking of the Bastille

by Christopher Prendergast

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Using contemporary accounts, often by eyewitnesses, Prendergast describes the Bastille prison, its reputation as France's most feared place of incarceration; its storming by the armed populace, and the momentous aftermath...And then richly and fascinatingly he shows how the celebration of this extraordinary day, truly one of those which have shaped the world, became part of the fabric of national life.
  • ISBN10 1846681154
  • ISBN13 9781846681158
  • Publish Date 2 July 2020 (first published 10 July 2008)
  • Publish Status Cancelled
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Profile Books Ltd
  • Edition Main
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 224
  • Language English