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Instant Expert: World History: The French Revolution

Instant Expert: World History: The French Revolution

HISTORY introduces INSTANT EXPERT, an exciting new line of titles offering on-the-spot knowledge to students and lifelong learners on a wide variety of topics. A dethroned king, a flamboyant queen, the storming of a fortress [...]

The French Revolution

The French Revolution

On July 14, 1789, a mob of angry Parisians stormed the Bastille and seized the King’s military stores. A decade of idealism, war, murder, and carnage followed, bringing about the end of feudalism and the [...]

Ted Bundy

Ted Bundy

He was the dapper, charming monster who confessed to killing 28 women during a 4-year reign of terror and may have killed as many as 100 before he was jailed and executed. Who was Ted [...]

The Black Death

The Black Death

Majestic feudal kingdoms were thriving in the mid-14th century, yet catastrophe loomed: in 1348 the Plague struck Europe. No one knew how or why, only that it was spreading-fast. Killing one third of Europe’s population [...]