00761nam a2200145Ia 450000500170000000800410001702000180005808200170007610000290009324500270012226000300014930000140017950004100019365000120060320250723104357.0250723s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a9781861979391  a944.041bPRE  aPrendergast, Christopher 4aThe Fourteenth of July  bProfiles in Historyc2008  a236 pages  aUsing contemporary accounts, often by eyewitnesses, Prendergast describes the Bastille prison, its reputation as France's most feared place of incarceration; its storming by the armed populace, and the momentous aftermath...And then richly and fascinatingly he shows how the celebration of this extraordinary day, truly one of those which have shaped the world, became part of the fabric of national life.  aHistory