Another newbie

[missweirdness.livejournal.com]

yes another one has joined..lol

but all seriously..i fell in love with the french revolution in my freshman year of High school and ever since then..ive been trying to find out all about the unique players..especially Robespierre..

whom i currently obsess over!

and yes all of my friends know..but they don't take me any seriously about this obsession..and that saddens me..but that aside..i want to know more about the french revolution..ive even collected some nonbiased english books on the subject but im sure there is more to know! And im willingly to learn more!

I think i wanna know more about the players within the revolution because i sometimes get confused  by their reasoning behind their actions.

 

Yeah Im happy now..=)  
and thank you for reading this..

Comments

[trf-chan.livejournal.com]

Welcome! Most of my offline friends don't take my interest very seriously either. Reason #231098 why it is good to be living in the Age of the Internet.

What books have you read so far? I may have some recommendations for you, but I don't want to get ahead of myself blabbering about things you've already read. XD

[disownmereturns.livejournal.com]

Be a royalist with me? (is hopeful)

Yey! More anime-inclined noobs :3

[livviebway.livejournal.com]

Hi! Welcome! Let us know what books you've read and we can try to give you some other titles.

[missweirdness.livejournal.com]

oh that's very much appecriated! im afraid..they are prolly horrible titles..they are very limited..trying to get my hands on one by mr. Thompson..no funds at the moment..*cries*

ive read

The 12 who ruled by Palmer
A place of greater safety
Fatal Purity
The Terror by Graeme Fifie
The french revolution by Mr. Thomas Cayle (however to spell his name) and i think im seriously deprived..

>.>

that would soo totally work..

[victoriavandal.livejournal.com]

Heh - Carlyle is...very strange...but his version of the Revolution is the one that many 19th century English writers, and later, Hollywood scriptwriters, got their ideas from! Thompson's good, and worth getting (The French Revolution, Leaders of the French Revolution, and there are his two books on Robespierre, one very long, and a much shorter version in paperback: the big one's often expensive - it's only in hardback, reprinted by the OUP quite recently, but cheaper copies (under £15) turn up on Amazon used books quite often if you keep looking). I haven't read '12 Who Ruled' yet, but it's meant to be very good, and I love Hilary Mantel - she takes a few liberties with some characters and events, but as historical fiction goes it's really well researched - she took many years researching and writing it.