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020 _a9781861979391
082 _a944.041
_bPRE
100 _aPrendergast, Christopher
245 4 _aThe Fourteenth of July
260 _bProfiles in History
_c2008
300 _a236 pages
500 _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.
650 _aHistory
942 _cENGLISH
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