It might have the image of being a mighty revolt from the French commoners against the monarchy, but the French Revolution was lead by the bourgeoisie from the start. In May 1789, King Louis XVI ...

Even the opulent King Louis ... so-called Quasi War. Napoleon would eventually declare himself "Emperor of the French." John Adams had feared just such a chaotic end: A revolution of this sort ...

Napoleon was a brilliant military general, who saved the French Revolution and laid the foundations ... was a man who knew the power of public image. One of his favourite portraits shows him ...