Facing the Terror: a Witness to the French Revolution
The recently discovered chronicle of an opinionated, elderly aristocrat provides a vivid portrayal of Paris during the most febrile days of the French Revolution.
Colin Jones
The Fall of Robespierre
The momentous final days of Maximilien Robespierre are well documented. Yet many of the established ‘facts’ about the Thermidorian Reaction are myths.
Madame de Pompadour: The Other Cheek
Colin Jones and Emily Richardson reveal a little-known collection of obscene and irreverent 18th-century drawings targetting Madame de Pompadour, the favourite mistress of Louis XV of France.
The Fabrication of Madame de Pompadour
Colin Jones discusses the art and artifice of the leading mistress of Louis XV.
The French Ministerial Bureaucracy 1770-1850
Revolution and Red Tape by Clive H. Church