Pamela Pilbeam is Professor Emeritus at Royal Holloway, University of London (1965-2012). Past roles include President of the Society for the Study of French History, a Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow, a Fulbright Fellow, and Visiting Professor at the Universities of Toronto, York, Ontario and British Columbia.

This book investigates the impact of revolution on the French from the Revolution of 1789 to its centenary in 1889. It explores specific and linking factors in the main revolts and how historians have differed in their explanations.

1. Legacy of 1789 2. Memory, Monuments and Symbols of 1789 3. Narrative of Nineteenth-Century Revolutions 4. Shared Themes in Nineteenth-Century Revolutions 5. France Abroad 6. Historians of Revolution. Conclusion. Documents