Paris in the Revolution: A Collection of Eye Witness Accounts

by Reay Tannahill

1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered pictorial cloth (VG), no slipcase. Pp. 126 with b&w pictorial plates throughout (no inscriptions).

Genres: History, Nonfiction

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1966

About the author

Reay Tannahill was born on December 9, 1929 in Glasgow, Scotland, where she brought up. Her forename was the maiden name of her mother, Olive Reay. She was educated at Shawlands Academy, and obtained an MA in History and a postgraduate certificate in Social Sciences at the University of Glasgow. In 1958, she married Michael Edwardes but the marriage ended in divorce in 1983, he died in 1990. Until her death on November 2, 2007, she lived in a smart terrace house in London near Tate Britain.

Before started to write, she worked as a probation officer, advertising copywriter, newspaper reporter, historical researcher and graphic designer. She published her first non-fiction book in 1964. The international success came with the novel Food in History, her publisher suggested a companion volume on the second great human imperative, Sex in History. For her 2002 revised edition of 'Food in History, she won the Premio Letterario Internazionale Chianti Ruffino Antico Fattore. She also wrote historical romance novels, and in 1990, her novel Passing Glory won in 1990 the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association. She belonged to the Arts Club and the Authors' Club, and was chairman of the latter from 1997 to 2000.

Reviews

[Jim · Rating 4 out of 5]

A volume written for the Folio Society containing eyewitness accounts of the French Revolution, from the Oath on the Tennis Court to the rise of Napoleon. Ably edited by Reay Tannahill (editor), Paris in the Revolution: A Collection of Eye Witness Accounts can be read in two or three hours and provides an interesting supplement to the more scholarly histories.

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

A really concise and excellent series of acounts of life during the French Revolution. Tannahill covers key events and key players with striking detail and puts the reader in the heart of the history.
Excellent for history students I can imagine.

[Celeste · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is highly useful for research on the French Revolution. It's composed of primary sources, therefore adding to the credibility of the overall source. It's easy to site and very helpful.