Threshold of Terror: The Last Hours of the Monarchy in the French Revolution

Author: Allen, Rodney
Publisher: Sutton
Place: Phoenix Mill
Cover: hardback with dust jacket
Condition: As New
Category: History- European
Year: 1999
Edition: 1st edition
Size: octavo.
Description: 248pp., b/w pls., bibliog., index, ÔThe French Revolution of 1789 did not set out to end the French monarchy. It aimed to create liberal constitutional government, with the king continuing to be responsible for national administration. This objective was believed to have been attained by the establishment of the Constitution of September, 1791. However, radicals were not satisfied and France’s declaration of war against Austria in April 1792 enhanced fears of counter-revolution led by aristocratic emigre forces based in CoblenzÕ