* vERY VERY PERSONAL SELECTION
Pre Revolution
*Louis XIV Philip Mansel
Louis XIV: The Real King of Versailles Josephine Wilkinson
Louis XIV: The Power and The Glory " "
Louis XVI John Hardman
Marie Antoinette " "
*Marie Antoinette Antonia Fraser
Revolution
The French Revolution: Voices ed. Colin Jones (large scale and illustrated)
*Fatal Purity Ruth Scurr (Robespierre)
*The French Revolution Christopher Hibbert
Citizens Simon Schama
Liberty and Death Peter Mcphee
Napoleon (an even briefer selection)
Napoleon Bonaparte Gregory Fremont-Barnes (Osprey Series)
Napoleon Adam Zamoyski
*Napoleon the Great Andrew Roberts
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