cover image Words of Fire, Deeds of Blood

Words of Fire, Deeds of Blood

Olivier Bernier. Anchor Books, $12.95 (452pp) ISBN 978-0-385-41333-6

Of this ``engrossing'' history of the French Revolution, PW commented: ``Though the vivid narrative occasionally threatens to collapse into a royal-family drama, Bernier ably works in the clash of personalities, political maneuvers, upheavals in daily life, the friction between classes jockeying for power.'' Photos. (June)