Primary Sources: Wars & Conflicts

containing an account of the sufferings of Thomas O'Neill, a British officer, while confined in the prison of the Conciergerie, at Paris, for two years and ten months; and of his escape from thence, during his second imprisonment as a prisoner at war

by Citizenness Roland, wife of the Minister of the Home Department, or A Collection of Pieces written by her during her Confinement in the Prisons of the Abbey and St. Pelagie

Letters are included within the text. She lived in France, Germany and Russia.

Now Carrying on by Great Britain and the several other European Powers

"A two volume diary which Morris kept while he was Minister to France for the new American Republic from 1792-94. It provides much detail about the social life and political turmoil of Paris during a critical phase of the French Revolution."

"Written in the early years of the French Revolution before the Terror had begun, Godwin provides a devastating critique of unjust government institutions and optimistically proposes that individuals not the state can best provide for their needs."

and the Effect it Has Produced in Europe
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On the Causes and Consequences of the French Revolution

Forming an abridged history of the French revolution.

"Originally published 1867, right after the Civil War, these are the memoirs and correspondence of Madame Recamier, a famous courtesan who knew virtually everybody in early 19th century France, from Mme. de Stael to Chateaubriand." Description from Google Books

Containing his narrative of the last hours of Louis XVI

"This collections contains his philosophical writings on Locke, natural law, Thomas More, and Machiavelli; his historical writings on the Glorious Revolution, his defence of the French Revolution Vindiciae Gallicae; and several of his speeches in the House of Commons."

The First Essay on the Political Rights of Women. A Translation of Condorcet’s Essay “Sur l’admission des femmes aux droits de Cité” (On the Admission of Women to the Rights of Citizenship). By Dr. Alice Drysdale Vickery (with preface and remarks)
Also in French

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Of the Statesmen and Orators of the French Revolution, 1789-1795

Tr. by Mrs. M. Carey

A collection of authentic narratives of the horrors committed by the revolutionary government of France under Marat and Robespierre. Written by eye-witnesses of the scenes. Tr. from the French. Interspersed with biographical notices of prominent characters, and curious anecdotes, illustrative of a period without its parallel in history ...

"An edition from 1821. It was written in 1795 when Britain was leading the Coalition of monarchies in a war against the French Revolution, this is Knox’s warning that war against a foreign enemy helps create despotic government at home."

After Hue, Cléry, Abbé Edgeworth and the Duchess of Angoulême.
Reprint of the English ed. of 1817, with a few clerical corrections and some additions--notably, a letter from the Times, Nov. 8, 1793, describing the execution of Queen Marie Antoinette.