What paths of History lead an all-powerful king, whose mere desire was once enough to have hundreds of thousands follow him blindly from one end of his kingdom to the other, to now crawl "like a captive before 4,000 women and an armed mob of 20,000-30,000 people in his own city"? What events transform a young lawyer, who once stood in awe before the emperor, into a formidable accuser demanding the beheading of the French monarch?

In which battles are the brilliant personalities of Robespierre, Saint-Just, Marat, Danton, and Desmoulins forged? The author Sandor Fekete guides the reader through the streets of Paris where popular uprisings led by the sans-culottes take place. In the battle for the capture of the fearsome Bastille prison and the palace of the Ceramics. In the sessions of the National Assembly with fiery speeches regarding the course and future of the revolution.

In the halls of the Palace and in the salons of the nobles where counter-revolutionary forces are organized. In the provinces of France where the fierce conflict between supporters of the king and defenders of the revolution unfolds. In the events of the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte. This edition offers a concise yet comprehensive introduction to all these events that paved the way for the political dominance of the bourgeoisie in France and marked the beginning of a century of similar processes across Europe.

Its great advantage is that it contributes to the materialist-dialectical approach to the history of the period, without requiring knowledge of the specific historical events or the social and economic laws that lead to the French Revolution.