Query...

[trf-chan.livejournal.com]

What is your favorite book on the revolution? Favorite movie?

Fiction, non-fiction, I don't care. I'm just curious as to what everyone recommends. :D

Comments

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

Favorite novel: Victor Hugo's Quatrevingt-Treize, hands down. For a more modern novel from a unique perspective I would also recommend Marge Piercy's City of Darkness, City of Light, although there are few aspects of it I'm not fond of.

Favorite non-fiction book: I haven't read too many books that could qualify as generally "on the Revolution"....but anything by Mathiez is very good.

Favorite movie: you would think this wouldn't be a difficult choice, considering how many completely worthless movies there are on the Revolution, but La Terreur et la Vertu....wins by a narrow margin over La Marseillaise. (I recommend both of them, although they're quite different. In fact, they are the only films concerning the Revolution that I would whole-heartedly and unhesitantly recommend--others have redeeming qualities, I'll admit, but they all make grievous errors at some point.)

[citoyenne.livejournal.com]

Well, I must admit that I have a passionate love affair with Baroness Orczy's "The Scarlet Pimpernel" books...

I can't say that I have a wide aspect of novels and movies concerning the revolution. My selection is narrow and very much influenced by my stupid humor...

Right now I'm reading "Vive la revolution" by Mark Steel (non-fiction) and I find it very funny. A british stand-up comedians defense of the revolution with stupid, hilarious comments on the illustrations.
(...does Victor Hugo's "Les Misérables" count? I guess not.)

Movie: "L'anglaise et la Duce" (misspelled?), seen through the eyes of the royalistic, gentlewoman Grace Elliot and has a scenery so pathetic that it embarrass me, but I find it amusing.
What about Quills? No, I know, it's not about the revolution, but at least its got a somewhat juicy opening scene...

It would be great to make a list over movies and novels concerning the revolution, also with short comments on how historical correct they are and if they're actually worth watching/reading or not. Everything is easier with a clear view of everything.

Favorite novel: Victor Hugo's Quatrevingt-Treize, hands down.
Ah, Hugo. Thanks for recommending. I will read this.