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The French Revolution changed the world. In 1789, France was the most powerful kingdom in Europe. Within a decade, the monarchy had fallen, a king had been executed, and a nation had plunged into the terrifying radicalism of the Reign of Terror-before ultimately giving rise to Napoleon Bonaparte. In this gripping narrative history, historian Julien Peltier takes readers inside the most dramatic political upheaval in modern history.