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The French Revolution and Napoleon, Charles Hazen

The French Revolution: A Document Collection, Laura Mason, Tracey Rizzo

Oxford History of the French Revolution, William Doyle

Out of the Shadows: Women and Politics in the French Revolution, Shirley Elson Roessler

The latter 3 were assigned readings for a class I took on the French Revolution. The first of those was especially helpful: it's full of primary source documents. Prior to the class I tried to make my way through Carlyle, but it was just too dense for someone new to the subject. I ended up reading Hazen instead, and much preferred his The French Revolution and Napoleon. It was a very fun read.