What paths of History lead a powerful king, whose simple desire was once enough to blindly follow him hundreds of thousands from one end to the other of his kingdom, to now be dragged "like a captive by 4,000 women and an armed crowd of 20,000-30,000 people in his own city"? What events transform a young lawyer, who once stood in awe before the emperor, into a terrible accuser who will demand the beheading of the French monarch? In which battles are the illustrious personalities of Robespierre, Saint-Just, Marat, Danton, and Desmoulins forged?

Author Sándor Fekete guides the reader through the streets of Paris where popular uprisings led by the Abraquots take place. In the battle for the capture of the fearsome Bastille prison and the Ceramic Palace. In the sessions of the National Assembly with fiery speeches about the course and future of the revolution. In the halls of the Palace and the salons of the nobles where counter-revolutionary forces are organized. In the provinces of France where the fierce clash between the supporters of the king and the defenders of the revolution unfolds. In the events of the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte.

This edition is a concise but comprehensive introduction to all these events that paved the way for the political dominance of the bourgeois class in France and marked the beginning of a century of similar processes throughout Europe. Its great advantage is that it contributes to the materialistic-dialectical approach to the history of the period, without assuming knowledge of the specific historical events or the social and economic laws that lead to the French Revolution.