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Origins of the French Revolution - Top Ten Booklist

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===Top Ten===
William Doyle. ''The Origins of the French Revolution''. (1990).
This work is a synopsis of the events that led to the Revolution. It particularly focuses upon the French monarchs’ monarchs’s role in unwittingly starting the Revolution. The French monarchy was actually reforming the itself and this resulted in the formation of political opposition to the royal government for the first time in centuries. This together with the spread of ideas on democracy and equality undermined the royal government. Ultimately, this was to lead to the a revolt of the French people against the King.
Roger Chartier and Lydia Cochrane. ''The Cultural Origins of the French Revolution'' (1991).

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