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French Revolution

    The best books on Historical Change and Economic Ideology, recommended by Thomas Piketty

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    The best books on Historical Change and Economic Ideology - The Great Demarcation: The French Revolution and the Invention of Modern Property by Rafe Blaufarb

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    The Great Demarcation: The French Revolution and the Invention of Modern Property
    by Rafe Blaufarb

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    The best books on Historical Change and Economic Ideology - Gold and Freedom: The Political Economy of Reconstruction by Nicolas Barreyre

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    Gold and Freedom: The Political Economy of Reconstruction
    by Nicolas Barreyre

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    The best books on Historical Change and Economic Ideology - Citizenship between Empire and Nation: Remaking France and French Africa, 1945-1960 by Frederick Cooper

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    Citizenship between Empire and Nation: Remaking France and French Africa, 1945-1960
    by Frederick Cooper

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    The best books on Historical Change and Economic Ideology - Castes of Mind: Colonialism and the Making of Modern India by Nicholas B. Dirks

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    Castes of Mind: Colonialism and the Making of Modern India
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    The best books on Historical Change and Economic Ideology - The Emergence of Globalism: Visions of World Order in Britain and the United States, 1939–1950 by Or Rosenboim

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    The Emergence of Globalism: Visions of World Order in Britain and the United States, 1939–1950
    by Or Rosenboim

The best books on Historical Change and Economic Ideology, recommended by Thomas Piketty

Throughout history, social and economic inequalities have been fueled and justified by different ideologies. French economist Thomas Piketty’s latest book, Capital and Ideology, looks at the advent and fall of these ideologies, and how they could evolve in the future. He recommends five great books to better understand these complex and always-evolving ideas, and their consequences for the world.

    The best books on Napoleon, recommended by Andrew Roberts

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    The best books on Napoleon - The Campaigns of Napoleon by David G Chandler

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    The Campaigns of Napoleon
    by David G Chandler

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    The best books on Napoleon - Talleyrand by Duff Cooper

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    Talleyrand
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    The best books on Napoleon - With Eagles to Glory: Napoleon and His German Allies in the 1809 Campaign by John H Gill

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    With Eagles to Glory: Napoleon and His German Allies in the 1809 Campaign
    by John H Gill

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    The best books on Napoleon - Private Memoirs Of The Court Of Napoleon by Louis François Joseph Bausset-Roquefort

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    Private Memoirs Of The Court Of Napoleon
    by Louis François Joseph Bausset-Roquefort

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    The best books on Napoleon - With Napoleon in Russia: Memoirs of General de Caulaincourt, Duke of Vicenza by Armand de Caulaincourt

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    With Napoleon in Russia: Memoirs of General de Caulaincourt, Duke of Vicenza
    by Armand de Caulaincourt

The best books on Napoleon, recommended by Andrew Roberts

How did Napoleon Bonaparte, an upstart Corsican, go on to conquer half of Europe in the 16 years of his rule? Was he a military genius? And was he really that short? Historian Andrew Roberts, author of a bestselling biography of Napoleon, introduces us to the books that shaped how he sees l’Empereur—including little-known sources from those who knew Napoleon personally.

    The best books on The French Revolution, recommended by Lynn Hunt

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    The best books on The French Revolution - The Ancien Régime and the Revolution by Alexis de Tocqueville

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    The Ancien Régime and the Revolution
    by Alexis de Tocqueville

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    The best books on The French Revolution - Interpreting the French Revolution by François Furet

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    Interpreting the French Revolution
    by François Furet

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    The best books on The French Revolution - Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution by Simon Schama

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    Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution
    by Simon Schama

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    The best books on The French Revolution - Twelve Who Ruled by RR Palmer

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    Twelve Who Ruled
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    The best books on The French Revolution - The New Regime by Isser Woloch

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    The New Regime
    by Isser Woloch

The best books on The French Revolution, recommended by Lynn Hunt

It’s a revolution that still resonates and yet it resists easy interpretation. Lynn Hunt, a leading historian of the French Revolution, tells us what the events of 1789 and later years really meant, and what relevance they have for us today.

    The best books on The French Revolution, recommended by Peregrine Worsthorne

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    The best books on The French Revolution - History of the French Revolution by Jules Michelet

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    History of the French Revolution
    by Jules Michelet

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    The best books on The French Revolution - The French Revolution by Hippolyte Taine

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    The French Revolution
    by Hippolyte Taine

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    The best books on The French Revolution - Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville

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    Democracy in America
    by Alexis de Tocqueville

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    The best books on The French Revolution - Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke

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    Reflections on the Revolution in France
    by Edmund Burke

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    The best books on The French Revolution - The Complete Essays by Michel de Montaigne

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    The Complete Essays
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    The best books on The French Revolution - The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

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    The Prince
    by Niccolo Machiavelli

The best books on The French Revolution, recommended by Peregrine Worsthorne

For anybody wanting to go into politics a mastery of the French Revolution is an enormous help and a knowledge of history essential, says Peregrine Worsthorne, the columnist and former editor of Britain’s Sunday Telegraph. He recommends the best books on the French Revolution, both for and against.

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